Asynchronous Definition

asynchronous
adjective
  1. (digital communication) pertaining to a transmission technique that does not require a common clock between the communicating devices; timing signals are derived from special characters in the data stream itself
  2. not synchronous; not occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase

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