sync

sync
    v 1: make synchronous and adjust in time or manner; "Let's
         synchronize our efforts" [syn: {synchronize},
         {synchronise}, {sync}] [ant: {desynchronise},
         {desynchronize}]
    

sync
 /sink/, vi.

   (var.: synch)

   1. To synchronize, to bring into synchronization.

   2. [techspeak] To force all pending I/O to the disk; see {flush},
   sense 2.

   3. More generally, to force a number of competing processes or agents
   to a state that would be `safe' if the system were to crash; thus, to
   checkpoint (in the database-theory sense).
    

sync

   /sink/ (Or "synch") 1. To synchronise, to bring into
   synchronisation.

   2. <file system> To force ("{flush}") all pending buffered
   disk writes to the disk.

   3. More generally, to force a number of competing processes or
   agents to a state that would be "safe" if the system were to
   crash, i.e. to {checkpoint} in the {database} sense.

   [{Jargon File}]

   (1994-11-11)
    

75 Moby Thesaurus words for "sync":
      accommodate, accord, accordance, adapt, adjust, adjust to,
      affinity, agreement, assent, assimilate, attune, chorus, coherence,
      coincidence, compatibility, concert, concord, concordance,
      conformance, conformation, conformity, congeniality, congruence,
      congruency, congruity, consistency, consonance, consort,
      cooperation, coordinate, correspondence, cut to, equalize,
      equivalence, fit, fix, gear to, harmonize, harmony, homologate,
      homologize, intersection, key to, make plumb, make uniform,
      measure, oneness, overlap, parallelism, peace, proportion,
      put in tune, rapport, reconcile, rectify, regulate, right,
      self-consistency, set, set right, similarize, symmetry,
      synchronism, synchronize, tailor, tally, timing, trim to, true,
      true up, tune, uniformity, union, unison, unisonance