synchronous
At the same time, at the same frequency.
Other meanings
Interacting with other elements in series; blocking; interacting with the same program or thread as other operations, thereby preventing those operations from resuming until the operation of interest is complete.
Related words
- areosynchronous
- quasisynchronous
- unsynchronous
- synchronous rotation
- antisynchronous
- synchroneity
- asynchronous
- autosynchronous
- bisynchronous
- desynchronous
- dyssynchronous
- dysynchronous
Word history
From Ancient Greek "σύγχρονος" (contemporaneous).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “synchronous” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.