What are asynchronous operations improperly synchronized?

Imagine you're playing with your friend in the kitchen, and both of you want to use the same toy, a drum. But neither of you waits for the other. You hit the drum at the same time, and it makes a messy sound. That's what asynchronous operations improperly synchronized means.

Think of your friend as another person doing something on the computer, like writing a message or playing a game. You're also using the computer, maybe drawing a picture. Both of you are working at the same time, that’s asynchronous, like two kids playing together without waiting for turns.

But if both of you try to use the drum (or the same part of the computer) at once, it can cause problems, like the message getting messed up or the drawing looking strange. That’s what happens when operations are improperly synchronized, nobody is taking turns or checking if the other person is done before using the same thing.

Imagine you and your friend both want to write on the same chalkboard at the same time. You start writing, and so does your friend. The board gets full of scribbles that don’t make sense, it’s hard to read what either of you wrote. That's like two asynchronous operations not working well together, they're both trying to do their thing, but they’re not taking turns or waiting for each other.

So, proper synchronization is like agreeing on a turn order, one person writes, then the other, and everything works smoothly!