Bit-synchronous operation

Bit-synchronous operation is a type of digital communication in which the data circuit-terminating equipment (DCE), data terminal equipment (DTE), and transmitting circuits are all operated in bit synchronism with a clock signal.

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| title = Computer science and communications dictionary, Volume 2

| author = Martin H. Weik

| publisher = Springer

| year = 2000

| isbn = 978-0-7923-8425-0

| page = 129

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In bit-synchronous operation, clock timing is usually delivered at twice the modulation rate, and one bit is transmitted or received during each clock cycle.

Bit-synchronous operation is sometimes erroneously referred to as digital synchronization.