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Examples of asynchrony include the following:
* [[Asynchronous_procedure_call|Asynchronous procedure call]], a method to run a procedure concurrently, a lightweight alternative to [[Thread_(computing)|Threads]].
* "[[Ajax (programming)|Ajax]]", short for "asynchronous [[JavaScript]] and [[XML]]")<ref>{{cite web|url=http://shiflett.org/blog/2007/apr/ajax-is-not-an-acronym|title=Ajax Is Not an Acronym|author=Chris Shiflett|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://blogs.oracle.com/arungupta/entry/ajax_vs_ajax_ajax_ofcourse|title=AJAX vs Ajax - Ajax ofcourse! (Arun Gupta, Miles to go ...)|publisher=}}</ref><ref name="garrett">{{cite web
| url=http://adaptivepath.org/ideas/ajax-new-approach-web-applications/