plesiochronous

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plesiochronous - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  plesiochronous
  
     <communications> Nearly synchronised, a term describing a
     communication system where transmitted signals have the same
     nominal digital rate but are synchronised on different clocks.
  
     According to ITU-T standards, corresponding signals are
     plesiochronous if their significant instants occur at
     nominally the same rate, with any variation in rate being
     constrained within specified limits.
  
     [Pronunciation?  /ples'ee-oh-kroh'nus/?]
  
     (1995-03-02)