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(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

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  1. adj. (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. adj. not synchronous; not occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase
  3. Not simultaneous; not concurrent in time; --opposed to synchronous.
  4. Not simultaneous; not concurrent in time; --opposed tosynchronous.
  5. j:100 a. (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 a. not synchronous; not occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase