synchronous

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synchronous - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Synchronous \Syn"chro*nous\, a. [Gr. ?; sy`n with + ? time. Cf.
     Chronicle.]
     Happening at the same time; simultaneous. --
     Syn"chro*nous*ly, adv.
     [1913 Webster]

synchronous - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  synchronous
      adj 1: occurring or existing at the same time or having the same
             period or phase; "recovery was synchronous with therapy"-
             Jour.A.M.A.; "a synchronous set of clocks"; "the
             synchronous action of a bird's wings in flight";
             "synchronous oscillations" [syn: synchronous,
             synchronal, synchronic] [ant: asynchronous]
      2: (digital communication) pertaining to a transmission
         technique that requires a common clock signal (a timing
         reference) between the communicating devices in order to
         coordinate their transmissions [ant: asynchronous]

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

  synchronous
  
     <operating system, communications> 1. Two or more processes
     that depend upon the occurrences of specific events such as
     common timing signals.
  
     2. Occurring at the same time or at the same rate or with a
     regular or predictable time relationship or sequence.
  
     Opposite: asynchronous.
  
     (1996-04-11)
  

synchronous - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  112 Moby Thesaurus words for "synchronous":
     accompanying, accordant, according, affirmative, agreeable,
     agreeing, answerable, associate, associated, assonant, assonantal,
     at one, at one with, attuned, blended, blending, chiming, coacting,
     coactive, coadunate, coetaneous, coeval, coexistent, coexisting,
     coherent, coincident, coinciding, collaborative, collective,
     collusive, combined, combining, commensurate, compatible,
     concerted, concomitant, concordant, concurrent, concurring,
     conformable, congenial, congruent, congruous, conjoint,
     consentaneous, consentient, consilient, consistent, consonant,
     conspiratorial, contemporaneous, cooperant, cooperating,
     cooperative, coordinate, correspondent, corresponding, coworking,
     en rapport, equivalent, harmonic, harmonious, harmonizing,
     homophonic, in accord, in agreement, in chorus, in concert,
     in concord, in phase, in rapport, in step, in sync,
     in synchronization, in tempo, in time, in tune, in unison,
     inaccordance, inharmony, joint, like-minded, meeting, monodic,
     monophonic, of a piece, of like mind, of one mind, on all fours,
     on the beat, parasitic, positive, proportionate, reconcilable,
     saprophytic, self-consistent, simultaneous, symbiotic, symphonious,
     synchronal, synchronic, synchronized, synergetic, synergic,
     synergistic, tuned, unanimous, uniform, unisonant, unisonous,
     united, uniting