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title: "What is Synchronous/Asynchronous operations?"  
description: "What is Synchronous/Asynchronous operations?"  
author: "Tarun Kumar"  
published: 2016-01-07  
updated: 2020-09-16  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/interview/22963/what-is-synchronous-asynchronous-operations  
category: "iphone"  
tags: ["iphone", "ios", "objective c"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What is Synchronous/Asynchronous operations?

*Synchronous* and *Asynchronous* operations are two different ways of transmission. **Synchronization** means two or more operations running on the same thread(context). Or we can say that two or more operations happen sequentially.

and, **Asynchronous** operations means two or more operations running on the different thread(context), and they do not block each other. Or we can say that two or more operations happen asynchronously.

## Answers

### Answer by Tarun Kumar

*Synchronous* and *Asynchronous* operations are two different ways of transmission. **Synchronization** means two or more operations running on the same thread(context). Or we can say that two or more operations happen sequentially.

and, **Asynchronous** operations means two or more operations running on the different thread(context), and they do not block each other. Or we can say that two or more operations happen asynchronously.


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