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==English==

===Etymology===
From {{af|en|a-|synchronous|id1=not}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/eɪˈsɪŋkɹənəs/}}
* {{audio|en|en-uk-asynchronous.ogg|a=UK}}

===Adjective===
{{en-adj|-}}

# Not [[synchronous]]; occurring at different times.
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2013|author=Al Cooper|title=Sex and the Internet: A Guide Book for Clinicians|page=215|passage=These cyberforums are '''asynchronous'''; that is, contributors post (i.e., publish a text message) without the need for fellow communicants to be online at the same time.}}
# {{lb|en|computing|of a request or a message}} Allowing the client to continue during processing.
# {{lb|en|computing|communication}} Having many actions occurring at a time, in any order, without waiting for each other.
#: {{nearsyn|en|in parallel}}

====Synonyms====
* {{l|en|async}} {{qualifier|colloquial}}
* {{l|en|asynch}} {{qualifier|colloquial}}
* {{l|en|metachronous}}

====Antonyms====
* {{l|en|synchronous}}

====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|en|asynchronously|asynchronousness|nonasynchronous|asynchronous transfer mode}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|not synchronous}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|لَا مُتَزَامِن|m}}, {{t|ar|لَا مُتَزَامِنَة|f}}
* Czech: {{t|cs|asynchronní}}
* Danish: {{t|da|asynkron}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|asynkroninen}}
* French: {{t+|fr|asynchrone}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|aszinkron}}
* Icelandic: {{t|is|ósamstilltur}}
* Indonesian: {{t|id|asinkron}}, {{t|id|asinkronus}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|asincrono}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|asynkron}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|asynkron}}
* Polish: {{t|pl|asynchroniczny}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|assíncrono}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|asincron|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|асинхро́нный}}, {{t+|ru|несинхро́нный}}, {{t|ru|несинхронизи́рованный}}
* Spanish: {{t|es|asíncrono}}, {{t|es|asincrónico}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|asynkron}}
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{{trans-top|''(computing)'' allowing the client to continue during processing of a request or a message}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t|cmn|yibu|tr=yìbù|alt=异步}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|nesinkrona}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|asynkroninen}}
* French: {{t+|fr|asynchrone}}
* Icelandic: {{t|is|ósamstilltur}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|asincrono}}
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