"asynchronous" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /eɪˈsɪŋkɹənəs/ Audio: en-uk-asynchronous.ogg [UK]
Etymology: a- + synchronous Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|a|synchronous}} a- + synchronous Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} asynchronous (not comparable)
  1. Not synchronous; occurring at different times. Tags: not-comparable Translations (not synchronous): لَا مُتَزَامِن (lā mutazāmin) [masculine] (Arabic), لَا مُتَزَامِنَة (lā mutazāmina) [feminine] (Arabic), asynchronní (Czech), asynkron (Danish), asynkroninen (Finnish), asynchrone (French), aszinkron (Hungarian), ósamstilltur (Icelandic), asinkron (Indonesian), asinkronus (Indonesian), asincrono (Italian), asynkron (Norwegian Bokmål), asynkron (Norwegian Nynorsk), asynchroniczny (Polish), assíncrono (Portuguese), asincron [masculine] (Romanian), асинхро́нный (asinxrónnyj) (Russian), несинхро́нный (nesinxrónnyj) (Russian), несинхронизи́рованный (nesinxronizírovannyj) (Russian), asíncrono (Spanish), asincrónico (Spanish), asynkron (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-asynchronous-en-adj-~rFOnT5n Disambiguation of 'not synchronous': 81 5 13
  2. (computing, of a request or a message) Allowing the client to continue during processing. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Computing Translations ((computing) allowing the client to continue during processing of a request or a message): 异步 (yìbù) (Chinese Mandarin), nesinkrona (Esperanto), asynkroninen (Finnish), asynchrone (French), ósamstilltur (Icelandic), asincrono (Italian)
    Sense id: en-asynchronous-en-adj-AcrhaExH Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of '(computing) allowing the client to continue during processing of a request or a message': 6 69 26
  3. (computing, communication) Having many actions occurring at a time, in any order, without waiting for each other. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Communication, Computing
    Sense id: en-asynchronous-en-adj-QHIrRTR5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with a- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 29 45 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with a-: 27 27 47 Topics: communication, communications, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: async [colloquial], asynch [colloquial], metachronous Derived forms: asynchronous transfer mode

Alternative forms

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