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asynchronous transmission

American  

noun

Digital Technology.

  1. electronic communication between digital devices, as two separate computers that run at different speeds, that requires start and stop bits for each character transmitted.

Etymology

Origin of asynchronous transmission

First recorded in 1940–45

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