synchronous

Meaning

Adjective

  • At the same time, at the same frequency.
  • Single-threaded; blocking; occurring in the same thread as other computations, thereby preventing those computations from resuming until the communication is complete.

Related

Narrower meaning words

  • sun-synchronous

Origin

  • Borrowed from Late Latin synchronus, from Ancient Greek σύγχρονος ("contemporaneous"), from σῠν- + χρόνος.

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