abstract:Synchronous Idle (SYN) is the ASCII control character 22 (0x16), represented as ^V in caret notation. In EBCDIC the corresponding character is 50 (0x32).
For the first time on Facebook, Idle Worship provides players with synchronous play: the ability to interact with other players in real time, as opposed to the old chess-by-email systems employed by the majority of social games.