different between synchronization vs concurrency

English

Alternative forms

• synchronisation (Commonwealth English)

Pronunciation

Noun

synchronization (countable and uncountable, plural synchronizations)

1. The state or property of being synchronized.

   The generator went off line when it lost synchronization with the power line.

   • 2012, Staff (Max Planck Institute), Study: Solar and wind energy may stabilize the power grid, R&D Magazine, online:

     Synchronization, the coordinated dynamics of many units to the same timing is found throughout the natural world.

2. (military) The arrangement of military actions in time, space, and purpose to produce maximum relative combat power at a decisive place and time.
3. (Can we clean up⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (military) In an intelligence context, application of intelligence sources and methods in concert with the operation plan.

Synonyms

• (state of being synchronized): synchroneity, synchronicity; see also Thesaurus:simultaneousness

Related terms

• autosynchronization

Translations

English

Noun

concurrency (countable and uncountable, plural concurrencies)

1. The property or an instance of being concurrent; something that happens at the same time as something else.
2. (computer science, by extension) A property of systems where several processes execute at the same time.

Hyponyms

• (computer science):: optimistic concurrency, pessimistic concurrency

Derived terms

• nonconcurrency

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