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'''Synchronous''' is a term which means that some event, or device, operates on a clock, or with fixed timing.
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'''Synchronous''' is a term which means that some event, or device, operates on a [[clock]], or with fixed timing.
  
 
A [[synchronous serial line]] uses a fixed clock (which is usually provided by one end, or by the transmission channel itself) which is carried on a separate signal line.
 
A [[synchronous serial line]] uses a fixed clock (which is usually provided by one end, or by the transmission channel itself) which is carried on a separate signal line.
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[[Category: Theory]]

Latest revision as of 20:58, 14 December 2018

Synchronous is a term which means that some event, or device, operates on a clock, or with fixed timing.

A synchronous serial line uses a fixed clock (which is usually provided by one end, or by the transmission channel itself) which is carried on a separate signal line.

Contemporary logic design is usually synchronous; a clock signal is used to control when flip-flops store their inputs, etc.

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