Etymology

isosynchronous

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Today it means: of a communications system in which the source and target are each synchronized but each transmission contains a start bit and a stop bit. Full definition →

English synchronous ← Ancient Greek ῐ̓́σος (ĭ́sos)
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  1. Ancient Greekῐ̓́σος (ĭ́sos)
  2. Englishiso-
  3. Englishsynchronous
  4. English todayisosynchronous

From iso- + synchronous.

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