Synchronization

Definition: Synchronization

Synchronization

Noun

1. The relation that exists when things occur at the same time; "the drug produces an increased synchrony of the brain waves".

2. An adjustment that causes something to occur or recur in unison.

3. Coordinating by causing to indicate the same time; "the synchronization of their watches was an important preliminary".

Specialty Definition: Synchronization

Domain	Definition
Biology & Biotechnology	Identification of the correct overlap between two chronologies. Source: European Union. (references)
Electrical Engineering	The process of adjusting the corresponding significant instants of two signals to obtain the desired phase relationship between these instants. Source: European Union. (references)
	The process by which the e. m. f. of two synchronous machines, not mechanically connected, are brought into synchronism and phase. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Synchronization

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Synchronization is coordination with respect to time. It is an important concept in the following fields:

Computer science
Physics
Telecommunication
Multimedia
Photography

Synchronization has several subtly distinct sub-concepts:

Rate synchronization
Phase synchronization
Time offset synchronization
Time order synchronization

Two different time sequences may be synchronized in one sense without being synchronised in another, or synchronised at one time scale whilst being asynchronous in another.

Systems operating with all their parts in synchrony are said to be synchronous. Some systems may be only approximately synchronised, or plesiochronous.

For some applications relative offsets between events need to be determined, for others only the order of the event is important. The idea of simultaneity has many difficulties, both in practice and theory.

Some uses of synchronization:

Synchronization of image and sound in sound film.
Synchronization is important in fields such as digital telephony, video and digital audio where streams of sampled data are manipulated.
Synchronizers are needed in digital electronic systems such as microprocessors to deal with asynchronous inputs without generating metastable statess.
Automotive transmissions contain synchronizers which allow the toothed rotating parts (gears and splined shaft) to be brought to the same rotational velocity before engaging the teeth.
Synchronization is also important in industrial automation applications.
Time codes are often used as a means of synchronization.
Technologies such as GPS and NTP provide real-time access to a close approximation to the UTC timescale, and are used for many terrestrial synchronization applications.
Flash photography, see Flash synchronization

Whilst well-designed time synchronization is an important tool for creating reliable systems, excessive use of synchronization where it is not necessary can make systems less fault-tolerant, and hence less reliable.

Synonyms: Synchronization

Synonyms: synchroneity (n), synchronicity (n), synchronisation (n), synchronising (n), synchronism (n), synchronizing (n), synchrony (n). (additional references)

Synonym by domain: synchronising (electrical engineering).

Antonym: asynchronism (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Synchronization

English words defined with "synchronization": lip-sync, lip-synch ♦ synchronisation, synchronizing. (references)

Specialty definitions using "synchronization": Algestone Acetophenide, ASSEMBLER I, assembler-adjuster, assistant camera operator, astro-technician ♦ Cloprostenol ♦ drop-out ♦ ENQ ♦ liitinkappale, lip synchronisation ♦ married sound, multi-block synchronisation signal unit, multi-block synchronization signal unit ♦ node clock ♦ OPTICAL-EFFECTS LAYOUT PERSON, optical-effects-line-up person ♦ PLANETARIUM TECHNICIAN ♦ Rate monotonic scheduling, ristikappale ♦ SDH equipment timing source, SPRINKLER-IRRIGATION-EQUIPMENT MECHANIC, stand alone synchronization equipment, super synchronization word, synchronization sink ♦ technical specialist, time quantized control. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Synchronization

Domain	Title
Books	Brain Dynamics: Synchronization and Activity Patterns in Pulse-Coupled Neutral Nets (Springer Series in Synergetics) (reference) Digital Clocks for Synchronization and Communications (Artech House Telecommunications Library) (reference) Full Alert & High Concentration: Brain Synchronization (reference) Phase-Locked Loops and Synchronization Systems: A MATLAB-Based Simulation Laboratory (reference) Synchronization : A Universal Concept in Nonlinear Science (reference) (more book examples)

High Tech	HOSA FOR TASCAM� DA-88 and DA-38 FOR SYNCHRONIZATION; (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Synchronization

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Chas. E. Davis, Warner Bros. cameraman, inside the new sound proof camera booth which is part of the equipment involved in making synchronization of film and sound ... Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Usage Frequency: Synchronization

"Synchronization" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Synchronization" is used about 33 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	33	60,273

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Synchronization

Expressions using "synchronization": bit synchronization ♦ Estrus Synchronization ♦ frame synchronization signal ♦ full synchronization ♦ lip synchronization ♦ stand alone synchronization equipment ♦ super synchronization word ♦ synchronization bit ♦ synchronization burst ♦ synchronization node ♦ synchronization sink ♦ synchronization word ♦ traffic light synchronization. Additional references.
Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "synchronization": X-synchronization.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Synchronization

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
synchronization	93	pda synchronization	4
time synchronization	79	file offline synchronization	4
time synchronization server	60	bio energetic synchronization technique	4
file synchronization	46	error pack synchronization	4
synchronization software	23	outlook palm synchronization	4
data synchronization	23	timing and synchronization	4
clock synchronization	19	license synchronization	4
outlook synchronization	14	processor synchronization	4
onc rpc synchronization	14	operating process synchronization synchronization system	4
data engine synchronization	13	cell phone synchronization software	4
network synchronization	9	time synchronization software	4
database synchronization	8	corporate data secure synchronization	4
folder synchronization	8	password synchronization	3
atomic clock synchronization	7	light synchronization traffic	3
contact pcs software sprint synchronization	7	palm synchronization	3
directory synchronization	6	channel fibre loss synchronization	3
synchronization manager	6	agp read synchronization	3
file synchronization software	5	hemispheric synchronization	3
spindle synchronization	5	operating process synchronization system	3
found no server suitable synchronization	5	pc synchronization	3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Synchronization

Language		Translations for "synchronization"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		sinkronizim (synch). (various references)

Arabic		‏مزامنة, ‏تزامن (coincide, coincidence, concur, concurrence, synchronize). (various references)

Bulgarian		синхронизация, синхронизиране (timing). (various references)

Chinese		同步 (geostationary, synchronisation, synchronise, synchronised, synchronising, synchronize, synchronized, synchronizing). (various references)

Czech		synchronizace. (various references)

Danish		synkronisering (synchronisation, synchronising, synchronizing). (various references)

Dutch		synchronisatie (synchronisation, synchronising, synchronizing). (various references)

Finnish		synkronointi (synchronisation, synchronising, synchronizing), yhteenkytkentä (interconnection, interlocking, linked lights), tahdistus (synchronisation, synchronising, synchronizing). (various references)

French		synchronisation (synchronisation, synchronising, synchronizing, synchronous idle). (various references)

German		Synchronisation (dubbing), Gleichlauf (clocking, synchronism). (various references)

Greek		συγχρόνιση, συγχρονισμόσ (concurrency, synchronism, timing), συγχρονισμός φάσης (synchronisation, synchronising, synchronizing), συγχρονισμός (timing). (various references)

Hebrew		תזמון (timing), ס� כרון. (various references)

Hungarian		szinkronba hozás, összehangolás (coordination, harmonization, phasing, tracking). (various references)

Italian		sincronizzazione (synchronisation, timing). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		同期式 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		どうきしき. (various references)

Korean		동기�" (synchronisation). (various references)

Pig Latin		ynchronizationsay

Portuguese		sincronizaçao (crossdating, cross-dating, synchronisation), sincronização (synchronisation, synchronising, synchronizing). (various references)

Russian		синхронизация (retiming, timing). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		sinhronizacija. (various references)

Spanish		sincronización (timing). (various references)

Swedish		synkronisering (synchronisation, synchronising, synchronizing). (various references)

Turkish		ses ve görüntüyü eşleme, eşzaman kılma. (various references)

Ukrainian		синхронізація. (various references)

Vietnamese		sự đ�"ng bộ hoá. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Synchronization

Derivations
	Words beginning with "synchronization": synchronizations. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Synchronization" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: synchonization, syncretization, syncronization. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Synchronization"

Words rhyming with "synchronization" (pronounced 'Syn`chro*ni*za"tion'): Abacination, Abaction, Abalienation, Abarticulation, Abbreviation, Abdication, Abduction, Aberration, Abevacuation, Abirritation, Abjection, Abjudication, Abjuration, Ablactation, Ablaqueation, Ablation, Ablegation, Abligurition, Abnegation, Abnodation, Abolition, Abomination, Abortion, Abreaction, Abrenunciation, Abreption, Abrogation, Abruption, Absentation, Absolution, Absorbition, Absorption, Abstention, Abstraction, Absumption, Accentuation, Acceptation, Acceptilation, Acception, Acclimatation, Acclimation, Acclimatization, Accombination, Accommodation, Accreditation, Accrementition, Accretion, Accubation, Accusation, Acervation. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Synchronization

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-h-i-i-n-n-n-o-o-r-s-t-y-z"
	-3 letters: rhizoctonias.
	-4 letters: rhizoctonia.
	-5 letters: cartoonish, nonactions, sonication.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-h-i-i-n-n-n-o-o-r-s-t-y-z"
	+1 letter: synchronizations.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial

5. Images: Photo Album
6. Usage Frequency
7. Expressions
8. Expressions: Internet

9. Translations: Modern
10. Derivations
11. Rhymes
12. Anagrams

13. Bibliography

Synchronization

Definition: Synchronization