In the civil law. A bilateral or reciprocal contract, in which the parties expressly enter into mutual engagements, each binding himself to the other. Poth. Obi. no. 9.
Relationship between a series of processes where one can’t start or go beyond a set point until another process has started, ended or reached a set point.
1. General. The process of precisely matching or coordinating 2 or more activities in time. See synchronous. 2. Computer. The process to make 2 or more data storage programs or devices have the same information at the same time.
The process where each run of production will put out an identical sequence of items in terms of quantity, mix and rate. See synchronized manufacturing.