Asynchronous communication

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Asynchronous communication is sending data without synchronization to an external clock. The asynchronous communication technique is a physical layer transmission technique which is most widely used for personal computers providing connectivity to printers, modems, fax machines, etc. The most significant aspect of asynchronous communications is that the transmitter and receiver clock are independent and are not synchronised.

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fi:Asynkroninen kommunikaatio