Definitions

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective electronics Not measured or regulated by a clock; asynchronous.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

un- +‎ clocked

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word unclocked.

Examples

  • His logic also uses the position of rods (in or out) to register state, but the basis of the design is unclocked: the power to drive the outputs comes strictly from the power used to drive the inputs.

    LEGO 1-bit full adder « The Half-Baked Maker 2009

  • None of the rod logic is unclocked: the power to drive the outputs comes strictly from the power used to drive the outputs.

    LEGO 1-bit full adder « The Half-Baked Maker 2009

  • Leopard may have talked to Buffalo, Buffalo to Leopard -- all in that unclocked speed with which so much transpires in the Bush.

    The Green-Eyed Shwemyethna 2010

  • His early arrivals would “balance out” only if, when he arrived at 6 a.m. for an 8 a.m. shift, he waited to punch in until 8 while working an unclocked two hours.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Is Nothing Sacred?: 2007

  • Later, at the end of the day, Specter and Leahy luxuriate in unclocked minutes babbling to each other, somewhat charmingly:

    Archive 2006-01-01 Ann Althouse 2006

  • Time wore on at Heart's Desire, uncalendared and unclocked.

    Heart's Desire Emerson Hough 1890

  • This code first sets up asynchronous (i.e. unclocked) mode by turning off

    The Code Project Latest Articles 2010

  • Buying an unclocked i5 system of the same spec would save me about £50 which would help towards the cost of a new graphics card [I have the hard drives and OS].

    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com) 2010

  • According to Fudzilla, Intel plans to remove this need by bundling its "K" unclocked chips with a special heatsink-fan assembly that should have heat-dispersing capabilities on par with high-end products from the aforementioned companies.

    Softpedia - Windows - All Sebastian Pop 2010

  • Also in regards to Fan Clocking in Precision; I was noticing my GTX260 (unclocked) get up to around 61c.

    News Tom's Hardware US 2009

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.