Sync

Sync and synch are abbreviations of synchrony, or synchronization , the coordination of events to keep them in time. The opposite of synchrony is asynchrony.

Sync or synch may also refer to:

Computing and technology

• Sync (Unix), a command and a system call for Unix-like operating systems
• Data synchronization, keeping multiple copies of a dataset in coherence with one another
• File synchronization or syncing, to synchronize directories or files on computers
• Browser synchronization, cloud service provided by web browser vendors for users to synchronize settings and data on multiple devices
• Microsoft Sync Framework, a data synchronization platform from Microsoft
• Resilio Sync (formerly BitTorrent Sync), a peer-to-peer file synchronization tool
• Synchronization (computer science), relates to similar principles of synchronization of processes or data
• Syncthing, an open source peer-to-peer file synchronization tool
• SyncToy, a Microsoft PowerToy's software for file synchronization
• Syncword, in computer networks, used to synchronize a data transmission by indicating the end of header information and the start of data

Electricity and electronics

• Sync, a signal used in composite video systems to coordinate the timings of lines, fields and frames
• DIN sync, a standard interface for electronic music instruments
• Ford Sync, an in-car communications and entertainment system
• Oscillator sync, where a slave oscillator is reset by a master oscillator
• Synchronization (alternating current), the process of matching the speed and frequency of a generator or other source to a running network

Arts, entertainment and media

Fictional entities

• Synch (comics), a Marvel Comics superhero character
• Sync, an enemy character in Tales of the Abyss; see List of Tales of the Abyss episodes
• Sync (film), an Indian Tamil horror thriller film

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

• Synch (band), 1980s band who performed "Where Are You Now"
• SYNC (also referred to as "Audiobooks for Teens", or "SyncYA"), a summer giveaway program sponsored by AudioFile magazine
• Sync (2010), a video installation by Max Hattler
• Synchronization rights, an example of a music license, defined by a synchronization license
• The Sync, a defunct American webcasting company

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Sync
• Sink (disambiguation)
• Syncopated
• Syncro (disambiguation)