| Subject | English | Chinese Taiwan |
| comp., MS | asynchronous call | 非同步呼叫 (A method call that returns to the caller immediately regardless of whether processing has completed. The results of processing are returned through another call on another thread. Asynchronous methods free the caller from having to wait until processing has finished) |
| comp., MS | asynchronous method call | 非同步方法呼叫 (A method call that returns to the caller immediately regardless of whether processing has completed. The results of processing are returned through another call on another thread. Asynchronous methods free the caller from having to wait until processing has finished) |
| comp., MS | asynchronous procedure call | 非同步程序呼叫 (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) |