Synchronous .vs. Asynchronous commands

There are two mechanisms for issuing commands to the TED service; asynchronous and synchronous. The following are short explinations of these two command types.

Asynchronous commands: When an asynchronous command is processed by TED, the results are immediately available. The operation completes asyncronously to all other activity which may be occuring.

Synchronous commands: The processing of these commands are syncronized with other activity that the TED service may be doing. These types of commands are sent to the event queue for processing and immediate results are not available.