The term synchronizer can mean more than one thing.
In automotive engineering, a synchronizer is part of a synchromesh manual transmission of a vehicle.
In electronics, an arbiter helps order signals in asynchronous circuits. There are also electronic digital circutis called synchronizers that attempt to perform arbitration in one clock cycle. Synchronizers, unlike arbiters, are prone to failure. (See metastability in electronics.)
In film editing, a synchronizer is a device for aligning multiple film strips in a replay or editing device.
In computer science, a synchronizer is an algorithm that can be applied to an synchronous distributed algorithm to produce a version that operates in asynchronous networks.
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Synchronization means never having to read the same feed twice!
One of the things that separates NewsGator apart from the competition is synchronization.
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When synchronization on the many clocks that make up a corporate network begins to fail even by milliseconds an organization faces multiple risks.
Systems that rely on an external time source open the door to hackers, and administrators may have difficulty tracing security breaches if the time stamps on log files are inaccurate.
Because time is used as a basis for legal contracts, imperfect timesynchronization can open the door to significant legal liability.
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