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asynchronously

adv

Etymology

From asynchronous + -ly.

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

Definitions

  1. In an asynchronous manner.

    • These allow scripts to specify functions that should be invoked asynchronously when certain events occur.
    • Post is a “fire and forget” where the UI thread work is performed asynchronously; Send is synchronous in that the call blocks until the UI thread work has been performed.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for asynchronously. 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