asynchronous
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This type of asynchronous, always-on capability separates claws from conventional AI chatbots where work happens in real time through back-and-forth exchanges.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026
Texting is asynchronous, but expectations are for immediate replies.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 28, 2025
Our digital feeds are asynchronous, hindered by advertisements and algorithms that either show us exactly what we want or desperately try to turn us onto something new.
From Salon • May 22, 2025
The certification programs are each six months long and are asynchronous, an online system by which a student can learn on his or her own schedule.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 10, 2023
The machine is asynchronous for in-out operations, that is, the completion of an in-out operation initiates the following instruction.
From Preliminary Specifications: Programmed Data Processor Model Three (PDP-3) October, 1960 by Digital Equipment Corporation
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.