"asynchronous" in the adjective sense
1. asynchronous
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. asynchronous
not synchronous not occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase
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