synchronisation

Definition: Technology or process of ensuring the proper timing of different events e.g. sounds have to be simultaneous with the corresponding action; electronic flash must occur after the shutter is fully open but before it closes. * Synchronisation technologies include timing tracks that control various devices such as slide projectors and tape-recorders, mechanical switches such as used in cameras for flash synchronisation and software calls to a database as may be used in computer animation.

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