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asynchronous
CIDE DICTIONARY
asynchronous, a. [Gr. not + synchronous.].
- Not simultaneous; not concurrent in time; -- opposed to
synchronous . [Webster 1913 Suppl.] - occurring in different geologic times; -- of taxa/ [WordNet 1.5]
- chronologically misplaced; belonging to a different time or era [WordNet 1.5]
- occurring at different speeds in different computers connected by a data transmission link; -- said of methods data of transmission between computers. Opposite of
synchronous . [PJC]
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