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[section:higher_levels Higher Level Abstractions]

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The asynchronous model presented in this section provides a basis for defining
higher level abstractions. Boost.Asio builds on this core model to provide additional
facilities, such as:

* I/O objects such as [link boost_asio.overview.networking sockets] and [link
  boost_asio.overview.timers timers] that expose asynchronous operations on top of
  this model.

* Concrete executors, such as the [link boost_asio.reference.io_context io_context]
  executor, [link boost_asio.reference.thread_pool thread_pool] executor, and the
  [link boost_asio.reference.strand strand] adapter which guarantees non-concurrent
  execution of completion handlers.

* Completion tokens that facilitate different composition mechanisms, such as
  [link boost_asio.overview.composition.cpp20_coroutines C++ coroutines], [link
  boost_asio.overview.composition.spawn stackful coroutines], [link
  boost_asio.overview.composition.futures futures], and [link
  boost_asio.reference.deferred deferred operations].

* High level support for C++ coroutines that combines support executors and
  cancellation slots to allow for [link
  boost_asio.overview.composition.cpp20_coroutines.co_ordinating_parallel_coroutines
  easy coordination of concurrent asynchronous agents].

To allow users to more easily write their own asynchronous operations that
adhere to this model, Boost.Asio also provides the helper function [link
boost_asio.reference.async_compose async_compose].

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