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Synchronous Communication
  • pronounced "sink' -roh-nuss. " The transmission of data at very high speeds using parallel circuits in which the transfer of data is synchronized by electronic clock signals. Synchronous communication is used within the computer and in high-speed mainframe computer networks. (Source: "Que's Computer User's Dictionary, "Bryan Pfaffenberger, Ph. D. 1990).