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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Synchronization.
  • noun Harmony; accord.
  • intransitive & transitive verb To synchronize.

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  • noun Synchronization.
  • noun Harmony.
  • verb To synchronize.
  • verb computing To flush all pending I/O operations to disk.

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  • verb make synchronous and adjust in time or manner

Etymologies

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Shortening of synchronization.

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