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Sync or synch are abbreviations of Synchronization, the coordination of events to keep them in time.
Sync or synch may also refer to:
Technology
Computers and information technology
- Synchronization (computer science), relates to similar principles of synchronization of processes or data
- Data Synchronization, keeping multiple copies of a dataset in coherence with one another
- File synchronization or syncing, to synchronize directories or files on computers
- sync (Unix), a command and a system call for Unix-like operating systems
- Syncword, in computer networks, used to synchronize a data transmission by indicating the end of header information and the start of data
Synchronization products
- BitTorrent Sync, a peer-to-peer file synchronization tool
- SyncToy, a Microsoft PowerToy's software for file synchronization
- Firefox Sync, originally branded Mozilla Weave, allows users to partially synchronize some browsing information across multiple computers
- Microsoft Sync Framework, a data synchronization platform from Microsoft
Electricity and Electronics
- Synchronization (alternating current), the process of matching the speed and frequency of a generator or other source to a running network
- Oscillator sync, where a slave oscillator is reset by a master oscillator
- DIN sync, a standard interface for electronic music instruments
- Sync, a signal used in composite video systems to coordinate the timings of lines, fields and frames
Product names
- Ford Sync, an in-car communications and entertainment system
- Samsung SGH-A707 or AT&T SYNC, a mobile phone
In Arts, entertainment and media
- Synchronization rights, an example of a music license, defined by a synchronization license
- Synch (band), 1980s band who performed "Where Are You Now"
- Sync (2010), a video installation by Max Hattler
- Sync (street artist), a street artist operating out of Melbourne, Australia
Characters
- Sync, an enemy character in Tales of the Abyss
- Synch (comics), a Marvel Comics superhero character
See also
- All pages beginning with "Sync"
- Sink (disambiguation)
- Syncro (disambiguation)
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