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sync
[singk] 
Informal.–noun (used esp. in the phrases in sync and out of sync)
| 1. | Also, synch [singk] , 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. |
–verb (used without object), verb (used with object)
| 3. | to synchronize; harmonize. |
Origin:
1930–35; shortened form
1930–35; shortened form
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| sync or synch (sĭngk) n.
To synchronize. |
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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sync
/sink/ n., vi. (var. `synch')1. To synchronize, to bring into synchronization.
2. [techspeak] To force all pending I/O to the disk; see flush, sense
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3. More generally, to force a number of competing processes or agents to a state that would be `safe' if the system were to crash; thus, to checkpoint (in the database-theory sense).
Jargon File 4.2.0
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sync
1929, shortened form of synchronization (see synchronize). Originally in ref. to soundtracks and pictures in the movies. Sense of "be in agreement, coincide" first recorded 1961 in in sync.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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sync
/sink/ (Or "synch") 1. To synchronise, to bring into synchronisation.
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3. More generally, to force a number of competing processes or agents to a state that would be "safe" if the system were to crash, i.e. to checkpoint in the database sense.
[The Jargon File]
(1994-11-11)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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The American Heritage® Abbreviations Dictionary, Third Edition
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