Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 18 Jul 2003 07:54:05 -0400 | From | Scott Robert Ladd <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] PATCH: typo bits |
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Alan Cox wrote: >>>- * It's now support isochronous mode and more effective than hc_sl811.o >>>+ * It's now support isosynchronous mode and more effective than hc_sl811.o >> >>I thought the correct term was `isochronous'... > > Perhaps someone can clarify - however isochornus is definitely wrong either way
"Isochronous" is correct; it is a synonym for "isochronal", which means "uniform in time; of equal duration". That is, I believe, apropos to the intended meaning of the comment above.
"Isosynchronous" does not appear in any of my dictionaries.
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