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Definition: Asynchronous Operation |
Asynchronous OperationNoun1. Operations that occur without a regular or predictable time relation to other events. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Antonym: synchronous operation (n). (additional references) |
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1. A sequence of operations in which operations are executed out of time coincidence with any event.
2. An operation that occurs without a regular or predictable time relationship to a specified event; e.g., the calling of an error diagnostic routine that may receive control at any time during the execution of a computer program. Synonym: asynchronous working.
Source: from Federal Standard 1037C and from MIL-STD-188
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Asynchronous operation."
| Language | Translations for "asynchronous operation"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
German | Start-Stop-Betrieb (start-stop operation). (various references) | ||||
Greek | ασύγχρονη λειτουργία. (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | asynchronousay operationay | ||||
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