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The TPL (Task Parallel Library) is one of the most interesting new features added in the recent versions of .NET framework. The Task.WaitAll and Task.WhenAll methods are two important and frequently ...

A thread is the smallest unit of execution within a process. A thread pool comprises of a number of threads, or, a collection of threads to be precise, and it can be used to perform several activities ...

Building a web application using non blocking calls to the data layer is a great way to increase the scalability of your system. Performing a task asynchronously frees up the worker thread to accept ...