Sync and synch are abbreviations of synchrony, or synchronization, the coordination of events to keep them in time. The opposite of synchrony is asynchrony.
Sync or synch may also refer to:
Computing and technology
- Sync (Unix), a command and a system call for Unix-like operating systems
- Data synchronization, keeping multiple copies of a dataset in coherence with one another
- File synchronization or syncing, to synchronize directories or files on computers
- Browser synchronization, cloud service provided by web browser vendors for users to synchronize settings and data on multiple devices
- Microsoft Sync Framework, a data synchronization platform from Microsoft
- Resilio Sync (formerly BitTorrent Sync), a peer-to-peer file synchronization tool
- Synchronization (computer science), relates to similar principles of synchronization of processes or data
- SyncToy, a Microsoft PowerToy's software for file synchronization
- Syncword, in computer networks, used to synchronize a data transmission by indicating the end of header information and the start of data
Electricity and electronics
- Sync, a signal used in composite video systems to coordinate the timings of lines, fields and frames
- DIN sync, a standard interface for electronic music instruments
- Ford Sync, an in-car communications and entertainment system
- Oscillator sync, where a slave oscillator is reset by a master oscillator
- Synchronization (alternating current), the process of matching the speed and frequency of a generator or other source to a running network
Arts, entertainment and media
Fictional entities
- Synch (comics), a Marvel Comics superhero character
- Sync, an enemy character in Tales of the Abyss; see List of Tales of the Abyss episodes
- Sync (film), an Indian Tamil horror thriller film
Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media
- Synch (band), 1980s band who performed "Where Are You Now"
- SYNC (also referred to as "Audiobooks for Teens", or "SyncYA"), a summer giveaway program sponsored by AudioFile magazine
- Sync (2010), a video installation by Max Hattler
- Synchronization rights, an example of a music license, defined by a synchronization license
- The Sync, a defunct American webcasting company
See also
Topics referred to by the same term
This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Sync.If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.
Computing and technology
- Sync (Unix), a command and a system call for Unix-like operating systems
- Data synchronization, keeping multiple copies of a dataset in coherence with one another
- File synchronization or syncing, to synchronize directories or files on computers
- Browser synchronization, cloud service provided by web browser vendors for users to synchronize settings and data on multiple devices
- Microsoft Sync Framework, a data synchronization platform from Microsoft
- Resilio Sync (formerly BitTorrent Sync), a peer-to-peer file synchronization tool
- Synchronization (computer science), relates to similar principles of synchronization of processes or data
- Syncthing, an open source peer-to-peer file synchronization tool
- SyncToy, a Microsoft PowerToy's software for file synchronization
- Syncword, in computer networks, used to synchronize a data transmission by indicating the end of header information and the start of data
Electricity and electronics
- Sync, a signal used in composite video systems to coordinate the timings of lines, fields and frames
- DIN sync, a standard interface for electronic music instruments
- Ford Sync, an in-car communications and entertainment system
- Oscillator sync, where a slave oscillator is reset by a master oscillator
- Synchronization (alternating current), the process of matching the speed and frequency of a generator or other source to a running network
Arts, entertainment and media
Fictional entities
- Synch (comics), a Marvel Comics superhero character
- Sync, an enemy character in Tales of the Abyss; see List of Tales of the Abyss episodes
- Sync (film), an Indian Tamil horror thriller film
Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media
- Synch (band), 1980s band who performed "Where Are You Now"
- SYNC (also referred to as "Audiobooks for Teens", or "SyncYA"), a summer giveaway program sponsored by AudioFile magazine
- Sync (2010), a video installation by Max Hattler
- Synchronization rights, an example of a music license, defined by a synchronization license
- The Sync, a defunct American webcasting company
See also
Topics referred to by the same termThis disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Sync.If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Category: