sync

noun
/sɪŋk/

Etymology

Clipping of synchronization.

Definitions

  1. Clipping of synchronization or synchrony.

  2. Harmony.

  3. A music synchronization license, allowing the music to be synchronized with visual media…

    A music synchronization license, allowing the music to be synchronized with visual media such as films.

  4. + 2 more definitions
    1. To synchronize, especially in the senses of data synchronization, time synchronization,…

      To synchronize, especially in the senses of data synchronization, time synchronization, or synchronizing music with video.

      • Our cloud storage automatically syncs your files to all your devices.
      • He synced his phone to the laptop to transfer data about the field trip.
    2. To flush all pending I/O operations to disk.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for sync. 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