The Collaborative International Dictionary
Asynchronous \A*syn"chro*nous\, a. [Gr. ? not + synchronous.] Not simultaneous; not concurrent in time; -- opposed to synchronous.
Syn: nonsynchronous, unsynchronized, unsynchronous.
2. (Paleontology) occurring in different geologic times; -- of taxa/ synchronous
Syn: allochronic
3. chronologically misplaced; belonging to a different time or era
Syn: anachronic, anachronous, anachronistic
4. (Computers) occurring at different speeds in different computers connected by a data transmission link; -- said of methods data of transmission between computers. Opposite of synchronous.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1748, from a-, privative prefix, + synchronous.
Wiktionary
a. 1 Not synchronous; occurring at different times. 2 (context computing of a request or a message English) Allowing the client to continue during processing. 3 (context computing communication English) Having many actions occurring at a time, in any order, without waiting for each other. alt. 1 Not synchronous; occurring at different times. 2 (context computing of a request or a message English) Allowing the client to continue during processing. 3 (context computing communication English) Having many actions occurring at a time, in any order, without waiting for each other.
WordNet
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 [ant: synchronous]
not synchronous; not occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase [ant: synchronous]
Wikipedia
Usage examples of "asynchronous".
Because e-mail communication is asynchronous, the rate at which you converse is maneuverable.
The asynchronous nature of e-mail groups also makes them very convenient for even physically close colleagues whose schedules are incompatible.
A chorus of crickets kicked off all around them, a trilling cacophony rising in an asynchronous wall of sound.
They had the shape of asynchronous crystals and preserved their selective aggressiveness.
There was a kind of strange asynchronous beat behind the wailing, stringy effect coming in over the receiver, and an occasional burst which sounded like a French horn being played in a cave.
As Laura watched, the cameras grew more and more asynchronous, their movements finally totally uncoordinated as the two cameras flitted this way and that.
Instinctively he leaned forward to squeeze her hand, a calming pressure to bring his own asynchronous heartbeats under control.
This is often useful for handling asynchronous events, for example when you type a control character or other command that interrupts output.
It may include fiber optics and satellites and new protocols such as Asynchronous Transfer Mode.
You know, satellites and dedicated land lines, fiber-optic networks for asynchronous transfer videoconferencing.
On the courser's farside, steerage jets that had not existed a moment before were blazing now in sudden, asynchronous fury, a lateral line of fire driving the vessel sideways toward Null Boundary.
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A new jargon has developed, identifying automated methods such as data diddling, Trojan horses, logic bombs, salami techniques, superzapping, piggybacking, scavenging, data leakage, and asynchronous attacks….
A new jargon has developed, identifying automated methods such as data diddling, Trojan horses, logic bombs, salami techniques, superzapping, piggybacking, scavenging, data leakage, and asynchronous attacks.