Asynchronous
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Related to synchronous: synchronous motor, synchronous transmission, synchronous generator, Synchronous communication
Asynchronous
1. In computing, describing a process that occurs independently of other processes.
2. In telecommunications, describing two signals within a network or between two networks that are sent at different times.
3. More generally, describing two or more events that occur at a different time or something that occurs at the wrong time.
2. In telecommunications, describing two signals within a network or between two networks that are sent at different times.
3. More generally, describing two or more events that occur at a different time or something that occurs at the wrong time.
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