Isochronous vs Synchronous - What's the difference?
isochronous | synchronous |
happening at regular intervals
happening at the same time; isochronal
(computing) of or pertaining to the use of clocks derived from the same clock reference
(computing) of or pertaining to data associated with time sensitive application
At the same time, at the same frequency.
(computing, of communication) Single-threaded; blocking; occurring in the same thread as other computations, thereby preventing those computations from resuming until the communication is complete.
As adjectives the difference between isochronous and synchronous
is that isochronous is happening at regular intervals while synchronous is at the same time, at the same frequency.isochronous
English
Adjective
(-)- Their entire national telephone network is isochronous , with a clock distribution tree radiating from a single, protected cesium reference clock.
- These packets belong to an isochronous voice application and need priority handling.