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English Dictionary: asynchronous	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for asynchronous
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
asynchronous adj (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 Antonym(s): synchronous not synchronous; not occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase Antonym(s): synchronal, synchronic, synchronous
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Asynchronous \Asyn"chronous\, a. [Gr. [?] not + synchronous.] Not simultaneous; not concurrent in time; -- opposed to {synchronous}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
asynchronous Not synchronised by a shared signal such as {clock} or {semaphore}, proceeding independently. Opposite: {synchronous}. 1. A {process} in a {multitasking} system whose execution can proceed independently, "in the {background}". Other processes may be started before the asynchronous process has finished. 2. A communications system in which data transmission may start at any time and is indicated by a {start bit}, e.g. {EIA-232}. A data {byte} (or other element defined by the {protocol}) ends with a {stop bit}. A continuous marking condition (identical to stop bits but not quantized in time), is then maintained until data resumes. (1995-12-08)