(electronics) An operation that is started by a completion signal from a previous operation, proceeds at the maximum speed of the circuits until finished, and then generates its own completion signal.
Asynchronous operation
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The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
operations that occur without a regular or predictable time relation to other events
Antonym: synchronous operation (meaning #1)
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In telecommunications, asynchronous operation or asynchronous working is where a sequence of operations is executed such that the operations are executed out of time coincidence with any event. It can also be an operation that occurs without a regular or predictable time relationship to a specified event; e.g., the calling of an error diagnostic routine that may receive control at any time during the execution of a computer program.
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from Federal Standard 1037C and from MIL-STD-188
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