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What does synchronous mean?

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Adjective
  1. At the same time, at the same frequency.
  2. (computing) Single-threaded; blocking; occurring in the same thread as other computations, thereby preventing those computations from resuming until the communication is complete.
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As it happens, human ideologies will sometimes be synchronous with the Faith.
The enhancement of online learning through interaction comes in both synchronous and asynchronous exchanges.
To examine Tetrahymena RAD51 expression through the cell cycle, a synchronous population was obtained by centrifugal elutriation.
He underlines just how synchronous and immediate generational relations really are among the Inuit.
Sharp growth increases observed in balsam fir and white spruce are synchronous with massive aspen recruitment in the 1870, 1847, and 1823 stands.
Most centres in the United Kingdom recommend computed tomography of the chest to pick up synchronous early lung tumours or metastases.

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