synchronous
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Late Latin synchronus, from Ancient Greek σύγχρονος (súnkhronos, “contemporaneous”), from σῠν- (sun-, “with, together”) + χρόνος (khrónos, “time”). By surface analysis, syn- + chron- + -ous = synchrony + -ous; however, all related words (e.g., synchronic, synchrony, synchronicity, diachronous, diachronic, diachrony, diachronicity) were coined later, either as back-formations from, or otherwise by analogy with the surface analysis of, synchronous.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
synchronous (comparative more synchronous, superlative most synchronous)
- At the same time, at the same frequency.
- Synonyms: simultaneous, in phase, in synch, in step, synchronised
- Antonyms: asynchronous, antisynchronous
- (computing, of communication) Single-threaded; blocking; occurring in the same thread as other computations, thereby preventing those computations from resuming until the communication is complete.
- Synonyms: blocking, modal, single-threaded
- Antonym: asynchronous
- 2014, Richard Blewett, Andrew Clymer, Pro Asynchronous Programming with .NET, page 25:
- Post is a “fire and forget” where the UI thread work is performed asynchronously; Send is synchronous in that the call blocks until the UI thread work has been performed.
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Derived terms edit
- antisynchronous
- asynchronous
- autosynchronous
- bisynchronous
- desynchronous
- dyssynchronous
- dysynchronous
- geosynchronous
- heliosynchronous
- hemisynchronous
- hypersynchronous
- isosynchronous
- metasynchronous
- nonasynchronous
- nonsynchronous
- parasynchronous
- pseudosynchronous
- semisynchronous
- subsynchronous
- sun-synchronous orbit
- supersynchronous
- synchronous diaphragmatic flutter
- synchronously
- synchronous motor
- synchronousness
- synchronous orbit
- synchronous rotation
- synchronous speed
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