SYNCHRONOUS

adjective Etymology: Late Latin synchronos, from Greek, from syn- + chronos time Date: 1669 happening, existing, or arising at precisely the same time, recurring or operating at exactly the same periods, involving or indicating synchronism, 4. having the same period, geostationary , of, used in, or being digital communication (as between computers) in which a common timing signal is established that dictates when individual bits can be transmitted and which allows for very high rates of data transfer, see: contemporary ~ly adverb ~ness noun