Synchrony
Synchrony may refer to: * Synchronization, the coordination of events to operate a system in unison * Synchrony and diachrony, viewpoints in linguistic analysis * Behavioural synchrony, coordinated action in animals and humans * Synchrony Financial, an American financial services company * Synchrony (Dune), a fictional planet * "Synchrony" (''The X-Files''), an episode of the American science fiction television series ''The X-Files'' See also * * * Synchronic (other) * Synchronicity (other) Synchronicity is a concept first introduced by analytical psychologist Carl G. Jung "to describe circumstances that appear meaningfully related yet lack a causal connection." Synchronicity may also refer to: Albums and songs * ''Synchronicity'' ...

Synchrony Financial
Synchrony Financial is an American consumer financial services company with its headquarters in Stamford, Connecticut, United States. The company offers consumer financing products, including credit, promotional financing and loyalty programs, installment lending to industries, and FDIC-insured consumer savings products, through Synchrony Bank, its wholly owned online bank subsidiary. History Previously named GE Capital Retail Finance Corporation, Synchrony was incorporated in Delaware in 2003. The company was inactive until 2013. Centered on co-branded credit products, Synchrony went public in July 2014 and raised $2.88 billion in its initial public offering. Recent corporate history In 2017, Synchrony acquired GPShopper. In 2018, Synchrony acquired Loop Commerce, which provides a patented digital gifting platform called GiftNow. In 2018, Synchrony's largest program was the acquisition of PayPal's $7.6 billion credit receivables portfolio. Synchrony Bank also becam ...
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Synchronization
Synchronization is the coordination of events to operate a system in unison. For example, the Conductor (music), conductor of an orchestra keeps the orchestra synchronized or ''in time''. Systems that operate with all parts in synchrony are said to be synchronous or ''in sync''—and those that are not are ''Asynchronous system, asynchronous''. Today, time synchronization can occur between systems around the world through satellite navigation signals and other time and frequency transfer techniques. Navigation and railways Time-keeping and synchronization of clocks is a critical problem in long-distance ocean navigation. Before radio navigation and Radionavigation-satellite service, satellite-based navigation, navigators required accurate time in conjunction with astronomical observations to determine History of longitude, how far east or west their vessel traveled. The invention of an accurate marine chronometer revolutionized marine navigation. By the end of the 19th cent ...
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