Asynchronous vs. Asynchronicity

Asynchronousadjective

Not synchronous; occurring at different times.

Asynchronousadjective

Allowing the client to continue during processing.

Asynchronousadjective

Having many actions occurring at a time, in any order, without waiting for each other.

Asynchronousadjective

Not simultaneous; not concurrent in time; - opposed to synchronous.

Asynchronousadjective

occurring in different geologic times; - of taxa/

Asynchronousadjective

chronologically misplaced; belonging to a different time or era

Asynchronousadjective

occurring at different speeds in different computers connected by a data transmission link; - said of methods data of transmission between computers. Opposite of synchronous.

Asynchronousadjective

(digital communication) pertaining to a transmission technique that does not require a common clock between the communicating devices; timing signals are derived from special characters in the data stream itself

Asynchronousadjective

not synchronous; not occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase

Asynchronicitynoun

(uncountable) The state of being asynchronous

Asynchronicitynoun

(countable) The extent to which something is asynchronous