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noun (used esp. in the phrases in sync and out of sync)

synchronization: The picture and the soundtrack were out of sync.

harmony or harmonious relationship: Management wants to be in sync with the client's wishes.

verb (used without object), verb (used with object)

to synchronize; harmonize.

Also, synch

[singk] .

Origin:
1930–35; shortened form

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sync or films, television, computing synch (sɪŋk)

—vb
1.	an informal word for synchronize

—n
2.	See synchronize an informal word for synchronization: in sync; out of sync

synch or films, television, computing synch

—vb

—n

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Word Origin & History

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.

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Slang Dictionary

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
2.
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).

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Computing Dictionary

sync definition

/sink/ (Or "synch") 1. To synchronise, to bring into synchronisation.
2. To force ("flush") all pending buffered disk writes to the disk.
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.
[Jargon File]
(1994-11-11)

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