asynchronous

English

Alternative forms

• aynsch (colloquial)

Pronunciation

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Adjective

asynchronous (not comparable)

1. Not synchronous; occurring at different times.
2. (computing, of a request or a message) Allowing the client to continue during processing.
3. (computing, communication) Having many actions occurring at a time, in any order, without waiting for each other; the style of communication used by Ajax.

Antonyms

• synchronous

Translations

not synchronous

• Arabic: لا متزامن (ar) (la mutazamin) m, لا متزامنة (ar) (la mutazamina) f
• Czech: asynchronní (cs)
• French: asynchrone (fr)
• Hungarian: aszinkron (hu)
• Icelandic: ósamstilltur (is) m

• Italian: asincrono (it)
• Russian: асинхронный (ru) (asinxrónnyj), несинхронный (ru) (nesinxrónnyj), несинхронизированный (ru) (nesinxronizírovannyj)
• Swedish: asynkron

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

• Icelandic: ósamstilltur (is) m