Definition of "asynchronous" []

• Not synchronous; occurring at different times. (adjective)
• Allowing the client to continue during processing. (adjective)
• Having many actions occurring at a time, in any order, without waiting for each other; the style of communication used by Ajax. (adjective)

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• "The key in AJAX is the term asynchronous, which enables the browser to provide services and features in simple but exciting ways."
• "Off to a slightly shaky start, the piece was roughly shoe-horned into the round table topic of the month but was ostensibly targeting the potential within asynchronous gameplay."
• "I had thought to go to the recently deceased jdamicus and try getting some traction on the question that's pestering me, not as homework but strictly extra-curricular, about determination of jurisdiction in asynchronous electronic transactions."