Asynchrony
Asynchrony is the state of not being in synchronization.
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Asynchrony or asynchronous may refer to:
Electronics and computing
- Asynchrony (computer programming), the occurrence of events independent of the main program flow, and ways to deal with such events
- Asynchronous system, a system having no global clock, instead operating under distributed control
- Asynchronous circuit, a sequential digital logic circuit not governed by a clock circuit or signal
- Asynchronous communication, transmission of data without the use of an external clock signal
- Asynchronous cellular automaton, a mathematical model of discrete cells which update their state independently
- Asynchronous operation, a sequence of operations executed out of time coincidence with any event
Other uses
- Asynchrony (game theory), when players in games update their strategies at different time intervals
- Asynchronous learning, a teaching method that uses online learning resources
- Asynchronous motor, a type of electric motor
- Asynchronous multiplayer, a form of multiplayer gameplay in video games
- Asynchronous muscles, muscles in which there is no one-to-one relationship between stimulation and contraction
- Collaborative editing or asynchronous editing, the practice of groups producing works together through individual contributions
gollark: Amongst some subset of the population to be fair, not *all* of it.
gollark: Consider conspiracy theories. They are very stupid. They aren't very good for you to hold, as they may make you increasingly wrong about things. Yet they spread well.
gollark: I'm not convinced that the "if it alone leads to the development of modern science" thing is true, and I still don't agree regardless of that.
gollark: In any case, "spreads better than competitors" doesn't make it "better" in some way *for you to hold*.
gollark: I'm not very knowledgeable on the history, but I doubt what happened was a historical certainty. I think one pivotal thing was one of the emperors converting, and without that it might never have taken over.
See also
- 2017 album async, by Japanese musician and composer Ryuichi Sakamoto
- All pages with titles beginning with asynchrony or asynchronous
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