1.
[syn: synchronous, synchronal, synchronic]
2. (digital communication) pertaining to a transmission technique that requires a common clock signal (a timing reference) between the communicating devices in order to coordinate their transmissions;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Synchronous \Syn"chro*nous\, a. [Gr. ?; sy`n with + ? time. Cf.
Chronicle.]
Happening at the same time; simultaneous. --
Syn"chro*nous*ly, adv.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
synchronous
adj 1: occurring or existing at the same time or having the same
period or phase; "recovery was synchronous with therapy"-
Jour.A.M.A.; "a synchronous set of clocks"; "the
synchronous action of a bird's wings in flight";
"synchronous oscillations" [syn: synchronous,
synchronal, synchronic] [ant: asynchronous]
2: (digital communication) pertaining to a transmission
technique that requires a common clock signal (a timing
reference) between the communicating devices in order to
coordinate their transmissions [ant: asynchronous]
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):
synchronous
1. Two or more processes
that depend upon the occurrences of specific events such as
common timing signals.
2. Occurring at the same time or at the same rate or with a
regular or predictable time relationship or sequence.
Opposite: asynchronous.
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