Why are Asynchronous processes not called Synchronous?

Question

So I\'m a little confused by this terminology.

Everyone refers to \"Asynchronous\" computing as running different processes on seperate threads, which gives the illu

Answer 1

The word "synchronous" implies that a function call will be synchronized with some other event.

Asynchronous implies that no such synchronization occurs.

It seems like the definition that you have there should really be the definition for "concurrent," or something. That definition looks wrong.

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PS:

Here is the wiktionary definition:

asynchronous

1. Not synchronous; occurring at different times.
2. (computing, of a request or a message) allowing the client to continue during processing.

Which just so happens to be the exact opposite of what you posted.