Involving or requiring a form of computer control timing protocol in which a specific operation is begun upon receipt of an indication (signal) that the preceding operation has been completed, and which indicates to a subsequent operation when it may begin. The rate at which operations proceed is determined by the time required by individual operations. See alsointerrupt, glitch. Compare synchronous.
Electronics and Electrical Engineering
Denoting a form of timing control in a circuit, device, or system in which, in a sequence of operations, a specific operation begins on receipt of a signal indicating that the preceding operation has been completed. Comparesynchronous.