asynchronous
adjective
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Pronunciation: /eɪˈsɪŋ.kɹə.nəs/
adj
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- English synchronous English asynchronous From a- + synchronous.
- Not synchronous; occurring at different times.
“These cyberforums are asynchronous; that is, contributors post (i.e., publish a text message) without the need for fellow communicants to be online at the same time.”
- Allowing the node, program or thread of interest to continue during processing.
- Having many actions occurring at a time, in any order, without waiting for each other.
“Near-synonym: in parallel”