This article introduces the TAP and the associated .NET language changes that streamline asynchronous programming and extend the multithreading enhancements in the Microsoft .NET Framework 4. With ...

Microsoft is previewing extensions for .Net catering to asynchronous and event-based programming. The company's Rx (Reactive Extensions for .Net), downloadable from Microsoft's DevLabs site, enable ...

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You can take advantage of asynchronous programming to perform resource-intensive operations without having to block on executing thread of your application. This increases the throughput while at the ...

Asynchronous programming is a form of parallel programming that enables you to execute tasks separate from the main application thread and then notifies the thread when its execution is over.