| Subject | English | Japanese |
| comp., MS | asynchronous communication | 非同期通信 (A form of data transmission in which information is sent and received at irregular intervals, one character at a time. Because data is received at irregular intervals, the receiving modem must be signaled to let it know when the data bits of a character begin and end. This is done by means of start and stop bits) |
| comp., MS | asynchronous communication layer | 非同期通信レイヤー (The layer of AJAX functionality that takes care of communication between the browser and the server) |