| asynchronous | (adj) (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 |
| asynchronous | (adj) not synchronous; not occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase, Ant. synchronous |
| asynchronous operation | (n) operations that occur without a regular or predictable time relation to other events, Ant. synchronous operation |
| asynchronous transfer mode | (n) a means of digital communications that is capable of very high speeds; suitable for transmission of images or voice or video as well as data, Syn. ATM, Example: ATM is used for both LAN and WAN |
| Asynchronous | a. [ Gr. &unr_; not + synchronous. ] Not simultaneous; not concurrent in time; -- opposed to
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