asynchronous

Words with a similar base: asynchronous

'asynchronous'

[asynchronous.a.01] as in: (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

'asynchronous'

[asynchronous.a.02] as in: not synchronous; not occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase