# Tasks, async and await

A Task is work that finishes later. An async method can await a task, which frees its thread while it waits for a database or the network, so a web server can keep serving other requests. Await every async call, and name async methods with Async.

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- Category: C#
- Level: Journeyman
- Tags: aspnet-core, Async/Await, c-sharp, Task (c-sharp), Thread (c-sharp)
- Updated: November 3, 2026

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