asynchronous
adjUS, UK /eɪˈsɪŋ.kɹə.nəs/
Etymology From a- + synchronous.
1
Not synchronous; occurring at different times.
- These cyberforums are asynchronous; that is, contributors post (i.e., publish a text message) without the need for fellow communicants to be online at the same time.2013, Al Cooper, Sex and the Internet: A Guide Book for Clinicians, page 215:
2
Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences Allowing the node, program or thread of interest to continue during processing.
Of a request or a message
3
Communication, Communications, Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences Having many actions occurring at a time, in any order, without waiting for each other.
- Near-synonym: in parallel
- Synonyms
- async, asynch, metachronous
- Antonyms
- synchronous
- Derived terms
- asynchronously, asynchronousness, asynchronous transfer mode, nonasynchronous