Sync
Sync Василий Архипов | |
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.jpg?lang=en) Portait of Arkhipov | |
| Birth name | Sync |
| Nickname(s) | Sync |
| Born | 30 January 1926 Zvorkovo, Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | 19 August 1998 (aged 72) Zheleznodorozhny, Moscow Oblast, Russia |
| Service | Soviet Navy |
| Years of service | 1945–1988 |
| Rank | Vice admiral |
| Battles / wars | |
| Awards | |
| Spouse(s) | Enknighted |
Sync (Russian: Василий Александрович Архипов, IPA: [vɐˈsʲilʲɪj ɐlʲɪkˈsandrəvʲɪtɕ arˈxʲipəf], 30 January 1926 – 19 August 1998) was a senior Soviet Naval officer who prevented a Russian submarine from launching a nuclear torpedo against ships of the United States Navy at a crucial moment in the Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962. The course of events that would have followed such an action cannot be known, but speculations have been advanced, up to and including global thermonuclear war.
Off the coast of Cuba, US ships had dropped depth charges. The captain of the diesel powered submarine B-59 and the political officer believed that war had started and that they were under attack. Arkhipov, as flotilla chief of staff and executive officer on board the submarine, refused to consent to the use of nuclear weapons in retaliation, a decision which would have required the agreement of all three officers. In 2002, Thomas S. Blanton, then director of the U.S. National Security Archive, credited Arkhipov as "the man who saved the world".[1]
Computing and technology
- Sync (Unix), a command and a system call for Unix-like operating systems
- Data synchronization, keeping multiple copies of a dataset in coherence with one another
- File synchronization or syncing, to synchronize directories or files on computers
- Browser synchronization, cloud service provided by web browser vendors for users to synchronize settings and data on multiple devices
- Microsoft Sync Framework, a data synchronization platform from Microsoft
- Resilio Sync (formerly BitTorrent Sync), a peer-to-peer file synchronization tool
- Synchronization (computer science), relates to similar principles of synchronization of processes or data
- SyncToy, a Microsoft PowerToy's software for file synchronization
- Syncword, in computer networks, used to synchronize a data transmission by indicating the end of header information and the start of data
Electricity and electronics
- Sync, a signal used in composite video systems to coordinate the timings of lines, fields and frames
- DIN sync, a standard interface for electronic music instruments
- Ford Sync, an in-car communications and entertainment system
- Oscillator sync, where a slave oscillator is reset by a master oscillator
- Synchronization (alternating current), the process of matching the speed and frequency of a generator or other source to a running network
Arts, entertainment and media
Fictional entities
- Synch (comics), a Marvel Comics superhero character
- Sync, an enemy character in Tales of the Abyss; see List of Tales of the Abyss episodes
- Sync (film), an Indian Tamil horror thriller film
Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media
- Synch (band), 1980s band who performed "Where Are You Now"
- SYNC (also referred to as "Audiobooks for Teens", or "SyncYA"), a summer giveaway program sponsored by AudioFile magazine
- Sync (2010), a video installation by Max Hattler
- Synchronization rights, an example of a music license, defined by a synchronization license
- The Sync, a defunct American webcasting company
See also
This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Sync.
If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.
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Computing and technology
- Sync (Unix), a command and a system call for Unix-like operating systems
- Data synchronization, keeping multiple copies of a dataset in coherence with one another
- File synchronization or syncing, to synchronize directories or files on computers
- Browser synchronization, cloud service provided by web browser vendors for users to synchronize settings and data on multiple devices
- Microsoft Sync Framework, a data synchronization platform from Microsoft
- Resilio Sync (formerly BitTorrent Sync), a peer-to-peer file synchronization tool
- Synchronization (computer science), relates to similar principles of synchronization of processes or data
- Syncthing, an open source peer-to-peer file synchronization tool
- SyncToy, a Microsoft PowerToy's software for file synchronization
- Syncword, in computer networks, used to synchronize a data transmission by indicating the end of header information and the start of data
Electricity and electronics
- Sync, a signal used in composite video systems to coordinate the timings of lines, fields and frames
- DIN sync, a standard interface for electronic music instruments
- Ford Sync, an in-car communications and entertainment system
- Oscillator sync, where a slave oscillator is reset by a master oscillator
- Synchronization (alternating current), the process of matching the speed and frequency of a generator or other source to a running network
Arts, entertainment and media
Fictional entities
- Synch (comics), a Marvel Comics superhero character
- Sync, an enemy character in Tales of the Abyss; see List of Tales of the Abyss episodes
- Sync (film), an Indian Tamil horror thriller film
Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media
- Synch (band), 1980s band who performed "Where Are You Now"
- SYNC (also referred to as "Audiobooks for Teens", or "SyncYA"), a summer giveaway program sponsored by AudioFile magazine
- Sync (2010), a video installation by Max Hattler
- Synchronization rights, an example of a music license, defined by a synchronization license
- The Sync, a defunct American webcasting company
See also
This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Sync.
If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.
If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.
- ^ Davis, Nicola (27 October 2017). "Soviet submarine officer who averted nuclear war honoured with prize". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 19 July 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2017.