asynchronous en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /eɪˈsɪŋ.kɹə.nəs/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
- (UK) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- English synchronous English asynchronous From a- + synchronous.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Not synchronous; occurring at different times.
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.
2013, Al Cooper, Sex and the Internet: A Guide Book for Clinicians, page 215:
- (not-comparable, of a request or a message) Allowing the node, program or thread of interest to continue during processing.
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(not-comparable) Having many actions occurring at a time, in any order, without waiting for each other.
Near-synonym: in parallel
Antonyms
Deriveds
asynchronous transfer mode · asynchronousness · asynchronously · nonasynchronous
Synonyms
metachronous · in parallel · asynch · async
Translations (34)
nb asynkron (not synchronous) · it asincrono ((computing) allowing the client to continue during processing of a request or a message) · it asincrono (not synchronous) · id asinkron (not synchronous) · sv asynkron (not synchronous) · pl asynchroniczny (not synchronous) · fi asynkroninen ((computing) allowing the client to continue during processing of a request or a message) · es asíncrono (not synchronous) · nl asynchroon (not synchronous) · ja 非同期 ((computing) allowing the client to continue during processing of a request or a message) · es asincrónico ((computing) allowing the client to continue during processing of a request or a message) · nn asynkron (not synchronous) · is ósamstilltur (not synchronous) · ro asincron (not synchronous) · hu aszinkron (not synchronous) · ca asíncron (not synchronous) · ru несинхронизи́рованный (not synchronous) · fr asynchrone (not synchronous) · es asíncrono ((computing) allowing the client to continue during processing of a request or a message) · da asynkron (not synchronous) · ru несинхро́нный (not synchronous) · ar لَا مُتَزَامِن (not synchronous) · cmn 异步 ((computing) allowing the client to continue during processing of a request or a message) · is ósamstilltur ((computing) allowing the client to continue during processing of a request or a message) · pt assíncrono (not synchronous) · ru асинхро́нный (not synchronous) · ar لَا مُتَزَامِنَة (not synchronous) · fr asynchrone ((computing) allowing the client to continue during processing of a request or a message) · id asinkronus (not synchronous) · eo nesinkrona ((computing) allowing the client to continue during processing of a request or a message) · fi asynkroninen (not synchronous) · nl asynchroon ((computing) allowing the client to continue during processing of a request or a message) · es asincrónico (not synchronous) · cs asynchronní (not synchronous)