To reconcile the differences between files, e-mail, appointments, and other items stored on one computer, device or in the cloud with versions of the same files on another computer, device or in the cloud. once the differences are determined, both sets of items are updated.
A copy of a department that you create on a new page of a large organization chart, so that you can determine how your chart breaks across pages. when you create a synchronized copy, any changes you make appear in both.