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Meaning of synchronous

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

synchronous

Pronunciation:/ˈsɪŋkɹənəs/

adjective

Definitions

  1. At the same time, at the same frequency.

    Synonyms:in phasein stepin synchsimultaneous
    Antonyms:antisynchronousasynchronous

  2. (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:blockingmodalsingle-threaded
    Antonyms:asynchronous
Sources:https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/synchronous

Related words

synchronicconcurrentcoincidentsimultaneouscoexistentcoincidingcoetaneouscoeval