asynchronous
pronunciation
How to pronounce asynchronous in British English:
UK [eɪˈsɪŋkrənəs]
How to pronounce asynchronous in American English:
US [eɪˈsɪŋkrənəs]
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- Adjective:
- (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
- not synchronous; not occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase
Word Origin
- asynchronous (adj.)
- 1748, from a-, privative prefix, + synchronous.
Example
- 1. By default we should always favour asynchronous xhr to help the responsiveness of our web applications .
- 2. Multiple aspects of the communication were discussed : synchronous vs. asynchronous , visual , messaging and emails .
- 3. I would say that they enable asynchronous interactive digital commentary .
- 4. Here 's why people liked the telegraph : it was universal , inexpensive , asynchronous and it left a paper trail .
- 5. Such machines are known as asynchronous motors , because the rotor 's magnetic field never catches up with the stator 's field .