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An asynchronous method is a method that can return before it has finished executing. Any method that performs a potentially long-running task, such as accessing a web resource or reading a file, can be made asynchronous to improve the responsiveness of the program. This is especially important in graphical applications, because any method that takes a long time to execute on the user interface thread will cause the program to be unresponsive while waiting for that method to complete.
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Olsson, M. (2018). Asynchronous Methods. In: C# 7 Quick Syntax Reference. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3817-2_30
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