Definition of Asynchronous

1. Adjective. (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.

Antonyms: Synchronous

2. Adjective. Not synchronous; not occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase.

Definition of Asynchronous

1. a. Not simultaneous; not concurrent in time; -- opposed to synchronous.

Definition of Asynchronous

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Asynchronous

asymptomatic
asymptomatic
asymptomatic coccidioidomycosis
asymptomatic neurosyphilis
asymptote
asymptote
asymptotes
asymptotic
asymptotic
asymptotically
asynapses
asynapsis
asynchronies
asynchronism
asynchronisms
asynchronous (current term)
asynchronously
asynchronous operation
asynchronous pulse generator
asynchronous transfer mode
asynchrony
asynclitism
asynclitism
asyndesis
asyndeta
asyndetic
asyndetically
asyndeton
asyndetons
asynechia

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