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asynchronous

adj
/eɪˈsɪŋkɹənəs/US/ˈesɪŋkrənəs/

Etymology

From a- + synchronous.

  1. derived from σύγχρονος
  2. borrowed from synchronus
  3. formed as asynchronous — “a- + synchronous”

Definitions

  1. Not synchronous

    Not synchronous; occurring at different times.

    • These cyberforums are asynchronous; that is, contributors post (i.e., publish a text message) without the need for fellow communicants to be online at the same time.

  2. Allowing the node, program or thread of interest to continue during processing.

  3. Having many actions occurring at a time, in any order, without waiting for each other.

    • Near-synonym: in parallel

The neighborhood

Derived

asynchronously, asynchronousness, asynchronous transfer mode, nonasynchronous

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for asynchronous. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA