async

ˈeɪˌsɪŋk

Definition of async - Reverso English Dictionary

Adjective

technology

Rare

not happening at the same time or needing to wait

Rare

Async tasks run without waiting for each other.

asynchronous

Abbreviation

abr: asynchronous

Rare

not happening at the same time as something else

Rare

The async process runs in the background.

asynch

Noun

technology

TECH.

operation or function that runs without waiting

TECH.

The async completed before the main process finished.

asynchronous operation

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Origin of async

English, a- (not) + sync (synchronize)

Examples of async in a sentence

The app supports async data loading.
We use async to improve efficiency.
Async tasks finish at different times.
The async failed due to a timeout.
We debugged the async to find the bug.

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French:asynchrone, ...
German:asynchron, ...
Italian:asincrono, ...
Spanish:asíncrono, asínc., ...
Portuguese:assíncrono, ...
Chinese:异步的, 异步, ...
Japanese:非同期の, 非同期, ...
Arabic:غَيْر مُتَزَامِن, لَا يَحْدُث فِي نَفْس الوَقْت مَع شَيْء آخَر, ...
Hebrew:אָסִינְכְרוֹנִי, async, ...
Russian:асинхронный, непроисходящий одновременно, ...
Ukrainian:асинхронний, процес, що не відбувається одночасно, ...
Hindi:असमानकालिक, असिंक, ...
Bengali:অসাময়িক, অ্যাসিঙ্ক, ...
Catalan:asíncron, async, ...
Czech:asynchronní, probíhající na pozadí nezávisle na jiných operacích, ...
Danish:asynkron, som kører asynkront, ...
Dutch:asynchroon, ...
Greek:ασύγχρονος, ασύγχρονο, ...
Hungarian:aszinkron, aszinkron művelet, ...
Khmer:មិនសមកាល, ដំណើរការមិនប្រព្រឹត្តទៅព្រមពេល, ...
Korean:비동기의, async, ...
Persian:غیرهمزمان, فرآیندی که همزمان با چیز دیگری رخ نمی‌دهد, ...
Polish:asynchroniczny, async, ...
Portuguese (BR):assíncrono, async, ...
Romanian:asincron, asincr., ...
Swedish:asynkron, async, ...
Thai:ไม่พร้อมกัน, อะซิงค์, ...
Turkish:eş zamansız, async, ...
Vietnamese:không đồng bộ, async, ...

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