Look up: Asynchronous

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   Asynchronous
   Asynchronous refers to occurring without central control or in an unpredictable time interval between successive elements; the typical mode of telegraphy, minicomputers and personal computers; requires s transmission of ''start'' and ''stop'' bits to provide decoding synchronisation at the receiver.
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   Asynchronous
   Describes events that occur independently of each other but on a similar time scale.
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   Asynchronous
   Lacking synchronization. In video, a signal is asynchronous when its timing differs from that of the system reference signal. A foreign video signal is asynchronous before a local frame synchronizer treats it.
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   asynchronous
   [adj] - (digital communication) pertaining to a transmission technique that does not require a common clock between the communicating devices 2. [adj] - not synchronous
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   Asynchronous
   ElectronicsThe transmission of data between a transmitting and a receiving device that occurs as a series of zeros and ones. For the data to be 'read' correctly, the receiving device must begin reading at the proper point in the series. In asynchronous communication, this coordination is accomplished by having each character surrounded by one or mo...
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   asynchronous
   (architecture) Not synchronised by a shared signal such as clock or semaphore, proceeding independently. Opposite: synchronous. 1. (operating system) A process in a multitasking system whose execution can proceed independently, 'in the background'. Other processes may be started before the asynchronous process has finished. 2. (communications) A c...
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   asynchronous
   pertaining to a communications system in which data transmission may start at any time and is indicated by a start bit.A data byte(or other element defined by the protocol)ends with a stop bit.A continuous marking condition(identical to stop bits but not quantised in time),is then maintained until data resumes Category: News-systems and communications • pertaining to a process in a mul...
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   Asynchronous
   A data transmission which does not require a separate clock signal for the reception of data. In code sets, character codes containing start and stop bits.
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   Asynchronous
   A·syn'chro·nous adjective [ Greek ... not + synchronous .] Not simultaneous; not concurrent in time; -- opposed to synchronous .
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    asynchronous
    adjective not synchronous; not occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase
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    asynchronous
    (a-sing´krә-nәs) pertaining to asynchronism. in cardiac pacing terminology, said of a pacemaker that cannot sense any spontaneous underlying cardiac electrical activity, so that pacing is done at a fixed, constant rate.
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    Asynchronous
    • (a.) Not simultaneous; not concurrent in time; -- opposed to synchronous.
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    asynchronous
    asynchronism, asynchronous, asynchrony 1. Operating at a rate determined by the system rather than at a regular rate of chronological time; without a fixed time pattern. 2. Describing the relationship of two or more systems that run at their own rates and interact at unpredictable times.
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