| Subject | English | German |
| el. | asynchronous procedure | Start-Stop-Verfahren |
| IT, dat.proc. | asynchronous procedure | asynchrone Prozedur |
| el. | asynchronous procedure | Asynchronverfahren |
| comp., MS | asynchronous procedure call | asynchroner Prozeduraufruf (A function call that executes separately from an executing program when a set of enabling conditions exist. After the conditions have been met, the operating system's kernel issues a software interrupt and directs the executing program to execute the call) |