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sync

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[singk]Informal.
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noun (used esp. in the phrases in sync and out of sync)
  1. synchronization: The picture and the soundtrack were out of sync.
  2. harmony or harmonious relationship: Management wants to be in sync with the client's wishes.
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verb (used with or without object)
  1. to synchronize; harmonize.
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Origin of sync

First recorded in 1930–35; shortened form
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  • Then any changes you make get synced back and we instantiate them.

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    Cory Doctorow

British Dictionary definitions for synced

sync

synch

films television computing
verb
  1. an informal word for synchronize
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noun
  1. an informal word for synchronizationin sync; out of sync See synchronization
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Word Origin and History for synced

sync

1929, shortened form of synchronization (see synchronize). Originally in reference to soundtracks and pictures in the movies. Sense of "be in agreement, coincide" first recorded 1961 in in sync.

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