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UMUC-Verizon Virtual Resource Site -- Module 1: Description of Asynchronous Communication (356 words) |
 | Asynchronous communication is communication taking place at different times or over a certain period of time. |
 | Asynchronous communication is currently perhaps the most popular technology being used in online learning, and there are numerous packages and tools available. |
 | Faculty wishing to use asynchronous communication in courses should check what their own institutions offer and what training is provided to operate them. |
| Asynchronous communications system - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (97 words) |
 | In telecommunication, an asynchronous communications system (start-stop system) is a data communications system that uses asynchronous operation. |
 | In an asynchronous communications system, extra signal elements are usually appended to the data for the purpose of synchronizing individual data characters or blocks. |
 | The time spacing between successive data characters or blocks may be of arbitrary duration. |