asynchronous

Not synchronous; occurring at different times.

Adjective

  1. 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. - 2013, Al Cooper, Sex and the Internet: A Guide Book...
  2. Allowing the node, program or thread of interest to continue during processing.
  3. Having many actions occurring at a time, in any order, without waiting for each other.
    • Near-synonym: in parallel

    Synonyms: in parallel

Origin

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.

Synonyms

async asynch metachronous

Antonyms

synchronous

Derived

asynchronously asynchronousness asynchronous transfer mode nonasynchronous