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Asynchronous Activity is an Asynchronous External Entity Operation or State Activity

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All Asynchronous Activities are triggered by an asynchronous mechanism. A State Activity is initiated by an Event while an Asynchronous External Entity Operation is simply understood to be triggered asynchronously.

A State Activity is defined on a State while an Asynchronous External Entity Operation is defined on an External Entity.