[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

asynchronous \asyn"chronous\, a. gr. ? not + synchronous.
   not simultaneous; not concurrent in time; -- opposed to
   synchronous.

   syn: nonsynchronous, unsynchronized, unsynchronous.
        webster 1913 suppl.

   2. paleontology occurring in different geologic times; --
      of taxa/ synchronous

   syn: allochronic
        wordnet 1.5 +pjc

   3. chronologically misplaced; belonging to a different time
      or era

   syn: anachronic, anachronous, anachronistic
        wordnet 1.5 +pjc

   4. computers 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
see also:
synchronous 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

asynchronous
     adj 1: 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
     2: not synchronous; not occurring or existing at the same time
        or having the same period or phase ant: synchronous
see also:
synchronous 

[3] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

asynchronous
     
         not synchronised by a shared signal such as
        clock or semaphore, proceeding independently.
     
        opposite: synchronous.
     
        1.  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.  a communications system in which data
        transmission may start at any time and is indicated by a
        start bit, e.g. eia-232.  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
        quantized in time, is then maintained until data resumes.
     
        1995-12-08
     
     
see also:
clock semaphore synchronous process multitasking background 
start bit eia-232 byte protocol stop bit 

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