Hypertext Webster Gateway: "asynchronous"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Asynchronous \A*syn"chro*nous\, a. [Gr. ? not + synchronous.]
Not simultaneous; not concurrent in time; -- opposed to
{synchronous}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
asynchronous
adj 1: (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
[ant: {synchronous}]
2: not synchronous; not occurring or existing at the same time
or having the same period or phase [ant: {synchronous}]
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