sync : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: sync	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for sync
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sync v make synchronous and adjust in time or manner; "Let's synchronize our efforts" Synonym(s): synchronize, synchronise, sync Antonym(s): desynchronise, desynchronize
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
sync /sink/ n., vi. (var. `synch') 1. To synchronize, to bring into synchronization. 2. [techspeak] To force all pending I/O to the disk; see {flush}, sense 2. 3. More generally, to force a number of competing processes or agents to a state that would be `safe' if the system were to crash; thus, to checkpoint (in the database-theory sense).
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
sync /sink/ (Or "synch") 1. To synchronise, to bring into synchronisation. 2. To force ("{flush}") all pending buffered disk writes to the disk. 3. More generally, to force a number of competing processes or agents to a state that would be "safe" if the system were to crash, i.e. to {checkpoint} in the {database} sense. [{Jargon File}] (1994-11-11)