Thursday, December 20, 2007

What is the difference between Synchronous and Asynchronous updates ?

A program asks the system to perform a certain task, and then either waits or doesn't wait for the task to finish.

In synchronous processing, the program waits: control returns to the program only when the task has been completed.

In asynchronous processing, the program does not wait: the system returns control after merely logging the request for execution.

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