sync
English
Alternative forms
- synch
Etymology
Clipping of synchronization.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɪŋk/
- Rhymes: -ɪŋk
- Homophone: sink
Noun
sync (usually uncountable, plural syncs)
- (informal) Clipping of synchronization.
- (informal) Harmony.
- (informal, music) A music synchronization license, allowing the music to be synchronized with visual media such as films.
Translations
synchronization — see synchronization
Verb
sync (third-person singular simple present syncs, present participle synching or syncing, simple past and past participle synched or synced)
- (informal) To synchronize.
- (informal, computing) To flush all pending I/O operations to disk.
Translations
synchronize — see synchronize
See also
- in sync