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Synchronous vs Sync - What's the difference?

synchronous | sync |

As an adjective synchronous

is at the same time, at the same frequency.

As a noun sync is

synchronization.

As a verb sync is

to synchronize.

synchronous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • 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.
  • Synonyms

    * (at the same time or frequency) * (single-threaded)

    Antonyms

    * (at the same time or frequency) * (single-threaded)

    sync

    English

    (wikipedia sync)

    Alternative forms

    * synch

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Synchronization.
  • Harmony.
  • Verb

  • To synchronize.
  • (computing) To flush all pending operations to disk.
  • See also

    * in sync English clippings