Associations to the word «Asynchronous»

Wiktionary

ASYNCHRONOUS, adjective. Not synchronous; occurring at different times.
ASYNCHRONOUS, adjective. (computing) (of a request or a message) Allowing the client to continue during processing.
ASYNCHRONOUS, adjective. (computing) (communication) Having many actions occurring at a time, in any order, without waiting for each other.
ASYNCHRONOUS TRANSFER MODE, noun. A broadband voice and data technology with quality (class) of service QoS transmission for sending and receiving voice, data, and multimedia information over a fiber-optic network.

Dictionary definition

ASYNCHRONOUS, adjective. (digital communication) pertaining to a transmission technique that does not require a common clock between the communicating devices; timing signals are derived from special characters in the data stream itself.
ASYNCHRONOUS, adjective. Not synchronous; not occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase.

Wise words

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