Both parallel programming and asynchronous programming are examples of concurrent programming, meaning more than one operation is running at the same time. Parallel programming is a more specific form ...

To extend the previous example of a stock quote query, the asynchronous messaging model is appropriate for trade orders, themselves.

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 ...

To get started with the new asynchronous features in .NET Framework 4.5 Beta, visit Visual Studio Asynchronous Programming. The framework is available as part of Visual Studio 11, or via the Async ...

This tutorial is an introduction to socket programming in Java, starting with a simple client-server example demonstrating the basic features of Java I/O. You’ll be introduced to both the ...