sync

English

Alternative forms

• synch

Etymology

Clipping of synchronization.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɪŋk/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɪŋk
• Homophones: sink, cinque, synch, zinc

Noun

sync (usually uncountable, plural syncs) (informal)

1. Clipping of synchronization or synchrony.
2. Harmony.
3. (music) A music synchronization license, allowing the music to be synchronized with visual media such as films.

Derived terms

• composite sync
• in sync
• lip sync, lip-sync
• off sync
• on sync
• out of sync
• sync on green
• V-sync

Translations

synchronization — see synchronization

Verb

sync (third-person singular simple present syncs, present participle syncing or synching, simple past and past participle synced or synched or (humorous) sunk)

1. (informal) To synchronize, especially in the senses of data synchronization, time synchronization, or synchronizing music with video.

   Our cloud storage automatically syncs your files to all your devices.

   He synced his phone to the laptop to transfer data about the field trip.

2. (informal, computing) To flush all pending I/O operations to disk.

Derived terms

• sync up

Translations

synchronize — see synchronize