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(1) (SYNChronize) To ensure that data are the same in two or more locations. To sync two computers means to set them to the same time of day or to copy the data from one computer to the other.

(2) (SYNC) Cellphone and media player synchronization in Ford, Lincoln and Mercury automobiles starting in 2008. Powered by the Microsoft Windows Automotive platform, SYNC lets Bluetooth phones be controlled via the car's radio and steering wheel controls along with speaker-independent speech recognition and text-to-speech playback of text messages. It also provides conference calling, caller ID and other phone features.

For music playback, SYNC includes a USB port for connecting iPods, Zunes and other music players and fully integrates the player by scanning its contents for titles. It also supports protected music files from subscription services.
sync [siŋk]
(engineering)

sync - /sink/ (Or "synch") 1. To synchronise, to bring into synchronisation.

2. To force ("flush") all pending buffered disk writes to the disk.

3. More generally, to force a number of competing processes or agents to a state that would be "safe" if the system were to crash, i.e. to checkpoint in the database sense.


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The problem is that keeping your place in the book and your place on the CD/DVD in synch is difficult.
AFTER MUCH GRUMBLING AND SOME SCRAMBLING TO GET THE INDIVIDUAL MANUFACTURERS' PROGRAMS READY AND IN SYNCH WITH THE RETAILER'S PROTOCOLS THE JANUARY 2005 DEADLINE HAS COME AND GONE WITHOUT MUCH INCIDENT.
Chris Pizzello/Associated Press (2) STILL IN SYNCH Renee Zellweger, left, and Catherine Zeta-Jones embrace after a news conference Thursday in Berlin, where their movie ``Chicago'' is opening a film festival.
 
 
 
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