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asynchronous operation

[ā′siŋ·krə·nəs ‚äp·ə′rā·shən]
(electronics)
An operation that is started by a completion signal from a previous operation, proceeds at the maximum speed of the circuits until finished, and then generates its own completion signal.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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• Improve support of asynchronous operations with allowance pipelining for SMTP client
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