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asynchronous operation - operations that occur without a regular or predictable time relation to other events

operation - (computer science) data processing in which the result is completely specified by a rule (especially the processing that results from a single instruction); "it can perform millions of operations per second"

synchronous operation - operations that are initiated predictably by a clock

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The COP8FLASH series features a full duplex software programmable USART supporting both synchronous and asynchronous operation.

NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR UNVEILS 8-BIT COP8FLASH MICROCONTROLLERS by EDP Weekly's IT Monitor

Fig 1 shows the components of XRC and the asynchronous operation of the remote update process.

Mirror, Mirror In The Data Center by Wong, Michael / Computer Technology Review

Applications that use asynchronous operations, where more than a single operation can execute simultaneously, have better availability, scalability, and usability than applications using only synchronous operations, where operations always execute sequentially.

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