Being a uniquely decodable code in which the symbol stream formed by a portion of one code word, or by the overlapped portion of any two adjacent code words, is not a valid code word.

plural of synchronization proxy

plural of synchronous motor

(Internet) Alternative form of synchronisation proxy

(military) A technique of timing the delivery of fires by placing all units on a common time. The synchronized clock uses a specific hour and minute based on either local or universal time. Local time is established using the local time zone.

(computing) The establishment of equivalence between data collections (typically on different servers, and sometimes between trading partners), where each data element in one item maps to a data item in the other, and their data is equivalent.

A swimming event where swimmers perform a synchronised routine of dance moves in the water.

A satellite orbit where the orbital period is equal to, or multiples of, the Earth’s rotational period; i.e. making one, two, three, etc., orbits in a 24-hour period. Examples include geosynchronous (period equals Earth's rotation), semisynchronous (two orbits per day); and geostationary (geosynchronous orbit where satellite maintains a fixed position on the equator).

Synonym of interrupter gear

(of an oscillator in a group having different periods) To adjust its period to that of an average of the group.