asynchronous

English

Etymology

a- +‎ synchronous

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eɪˈsɪŋkɹənəs/

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Adjective

asynchronous (not comparable)

1. Not synchronous; occurring at different times.
   • 2013, Al Cooper, Sex and the Internet: A Guide Book for Clinicians, page 215:

     These cyberforums are asynchronous; that is, contributors post (i.e., publish a text message) without the need for fellow communicants to be online at the same time.

2. (computing, of a request or a message) Allowing the client to continue during processing.
3. (computing, communication) Having many actions occurring at a time, in any order, without waiting for each other.

Synonyms

• async (colloquial)
• asynch (colloquial)
• metachronous

Antonyms

• synchronous

Derived terms

• asynchronous transfer mode

Translations

not synchronous

• Arabic: لَا مُتَزَامِن m (lā mutazāmin), لَا مُتَزَامِنَة f (lā mutazāmina)
• Czech: asynchronní
• Danish: asynkron
• Finnish: asynkroninen
• French: asynchrone (fr)
• Hungarian: aszinkron (hu)
• Icelandic: ósamstilltur
• Indonesian: asinkron, asinkronus
• Italian: asincrono (it)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: asynkron

  Nynorsk: asynkron

• Polish: asynchroniczny
• Portuguese: assíncrono (pt)
• Romanian: asincron (ro) m
• Russian: асинхро́нный (ru) (asinxrónnyj), несинхро́нный (ru) (nesinxrónnyj), несинхронизи́рованный (nesinxronizírovannyj)
• Spanish: asíncrono, asincrónico
• Swedish: asynkron (sv)

(computing) allowing the client to continue during processing of a request or a message

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 异步 (yìbù)

• Esperanto: nesinkrona
• Finnish: asynkroninen
• French: asynchrone (fr)
• Icelandic: ósamstilltur
• Italian: asincrono (it)