Why are Asynchronous processes not called Synchronous?

Question

So I\'m a little confused by this terminology.

Everyone refers to \"Asynchronous\" computing as running different processes on seperate threads, which gives the illu

Answer 1

Your second definition is more helpful here:

2. [...] having each operation started only after the preceding operation is completed.

When you make an asynchronous call, that call might not be completed before the next operation is started. When the call is synchronous, it will be.