asynchronous

English

Etymology

a- +‎ synchronous

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /eɪˈsɪŋkɹənəs/
Audio (UK) (file)

Adjective

asynchronous (not comparable)

Not synchronous; occurring at different times.
- 2013, Al Cooper, Sex and the Internet: A Guide Book for Clinicians, page 215:
  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.
(computing, of a request or a message) Allowing the client to continue during processing.
(computing, communication) Having many actions occurring at a time, in any order, without waiting for each other.

Synonyms

asynch (colloquial)
metachronous

Antonyms

synchronous

Translations

not synchronous

Arabic: لَا مُتَزَامِن‎ m (lā mutazāmin), لَا مُتَزَامِنَة‎ f (lā mutazāmina)
Czech: asynchronní
Finnish: asynkroninen
French: asynchrone (fr)
Hungarian: aszinkron (hu)
Icelandic: ósamstilltur m
Italian: asincrono (it)

Norwegian:
Bokmål: asynkron

Nynorsk: asynkron
Portuguese: assíncrono (pt) m
Romanian: asincron (ro) m
Russian: асинхро́нный (ru) (asinxrónnyj), несинхро́нный (ru) (nesinxrónnyj), несинхронизи́рованный (nesinxronizírovannyj)
Swedish: asynkron (sv)

(computing) allowing the client to continue during processing of a request or a message

Chinese:
Mandarin: 异步 (yìbù)
Finnish: asynkroninen

French: asynchrone (fr)
Icelandic: ósamstilltur m

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