Asynchrony is any dynamic far from

synchronization Synchronization is the coordination of events to operate a system in unison. For example, the Conductor (music), conductor of an orchestra keeps the orchestra synchronized or ''in time''. Systems that operate with all parts in synchrony are sa ...

. If and as parts of an asynchronous system become more synchronized, those parts or even the whole system can be said to be in sync. 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 **

Async/await In computer programming, the async/await pattern is a syntactic feature of many programming languages that allows an asynchronous, non-blocking function to be structured in a way similar to an ordinary synchronous function. It is semantically r ...

Asynchronous system The primary focus of this article is asynchronous control in digital electronic systems. In a synchronous system, operations ( instructions, calculations, logic, etc.) are coordinated by one, or more, centralized clock signals. An asynchro ...

, a system having no global clock, instead operating under distributed control **

Asynchronous circuit Asynchronous circuit (clockless or self-timed circuit) is a sequential logic, sequential digital logic electrical network, circuit that does not use a global clock circuit or clock signal, signal generator to synchronize its components. Instea ...

, a sequential digital logic circuit not governed by a clock circuit or signal **

Asynchronous communication In telecommunications, asynchronous communication is transmission of data, generally without the use of an external clock signal, where data can be transmitted intermittently rather than in a steady stream. Any timing required to recover data fro ...

, 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 *

Asynchronous I/O In computer science, asynchronous I/O (also non-sequential I/O) is a form of input/output processing that permits other processing to continue before the I/O operation has finished. A name used for asynchronous I/O in the Windows API is '' over ...

, an Input and Output operations that allow a program to continue executing other tasks without waiting for data to be transferred.

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* Asynchrony (game theory), when players in games update their strategies at different time intervals * Asynchronous learning, an educational method in which the teacher and student are separated in time * 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 Collaborative editing is the process of multiple people editing the same document simultaneously. This technique may engage expertise from different disciplines, and potentially improve the quality of documents and increase deals. Good choices i ...

or asynchronous editing, the practice of groups producing works together through individual contributions

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