RE: Sync Definition #2 (corrected)

RE: Sync Definition #2 (corrected)I think you have just defined a
synchronous interaction (request/response, see formal definition) in terms
of an asynchronous transport (i.e. one that does send and receive actions
independently).

arkin
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  Asynchronous:
  A request/response interaction is said to be asynchronous when the request
and response are chronologically decoupled. In other words, the client agent
does not have to "wait" for the response once it issues the initial request.
The exact meaning of "not having to wait" depends on the characteristics of
the client agent (including the transfer protocol it uses). Examples include
receiving the response on a different thread, on a different socket, on a
different end-point, by polling the server, etc.

  Synchronous:
  The opposite of asynchronous.