Concurrent Collections

The .NET Framework 4.6 includes the Task Parallel Library (TPL), which offers support for multicore CPU architectures. The library exposes specific generic collections, via the System.Collections.Concurrent namespace that was introduced by .NET 4.0. Table 16.3 gives you a list of the new classes.

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TABLE 16.3 Concurrent Collections

You get an overview of these collections in the appropriate chapters, but for completeness, you now have a full list of available collections.

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