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+The Spark RDD API also exposes asynchronous versions of some actions, like `foreachAsync` for `foreach`, which immediately return a `FutureAction` to the caller instead of blocking on completion of the action. This can be used to manage or wait for the asynchronous execution of the action.
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### Shuffle operations
Certain operations within Spark trigger an event known as the shuffle. The shuffle is Spark's