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adjective

asynchronous

(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

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Three example sentences with asynchronous, each labelled with its topic.

  • The two boards talk over an asynchronous link, so a slow sensor never drags the faster controller out of step.

    Technology

  • The handheld sends moves over an asynchronous channel, letting a player finish a turn hours after the opponent.

    Gaming

  • Their first product moved uploads over an asynchronous connection, so a patchy hotel network never stalled the entire sync.

    Startups

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