synchronous
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
synchronous
adj 1: occurring or existing at the same time or having the same
period or phase; "recovery was synchronous with therapy"-
Jour.A.M.A.; "a synchronous set of clocks"; "the
synchronous action of a bird's wings in flight";
"synchronous oscillations" [syn: {synchronous},
{synchronal}, {synchronic}] [ant: {asynchronous}]
2: (digital communication) pertaining to a transmission
technique that requires a common clock signal (a timing
reference) between the communicating devices in order to
coordinate their transmissions [ant: {asynchronous}]
from
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)
synchronous
<operating system, communications> 1. Two or more processes
that depend upon the occurrences of specific events such as
common timing signals.
2. Occurring at the same time or at the same rate or with a
regular or predictable time relationship or sequence.
Opposite: {asynchronous}.
(1996-04-11)
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
112 Moby Thesaurus words for "synchronous":
accompanying, accordant, according, affirmative, agreeable,
agreeing, answerable, associate, associated, assonant, assonantal,
at one, at one with, attuned, blended, blending, chiming, coacting,
coactive, coadunate, coetaneous, coeval, coexistent, coexisting,
coherent, coincident, coinciding, collaborative, collective,
collusive, combined, combining, commensurate, compatible,
concerted, concomitant, concordant, concurrent, concurring,
conformable, congenial, congruent, congruous, conjoint,
consentaneous, consentient, consilient, consistent, consonant,
conspiratorial, contemporaneous, cooperant, cooperating,
cooperative, coordinate, correspondent, corresponding, coworking,
en rapport, equivalent, harmonic, harmonious, harmonizing,
homophonic, in accord, in agreement, in chorus, in concert,
in concord, in phase, in rapport, in step, in sync,
in synchronization, in tempo, in time, in tune, in unison,
inaccordance, inharmony, joint, like-minded, meeting, monodic,
monophonic, of a piece, of like mind, of one mind, on all fours,
on the beat, parasitic, positive, proportionate, reconcilable,
saprophytic, self-consistent, simultaneous, symbiotic, symphonious,
synchronal, synchronic, synchronized, synergetic, synergic,
synergistic, tuned, unanimous, uniform, unisonant, unisonous,
united, uniting
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