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 * [C++ Actor Framework](https://github.com/actor-framework/actor-framework) - An Open Source Implementation of the Actor Model in C++. [BSD-3-Clause] [website](http://actor-framework.org/)
 * [libev](http://libev.schmorp.de/) - A full-featured and high-performance event loop that is loosely modelled after libevent, but without its limitations and bugs. [BSD and GPL]
 * [libevent](http://libevent.org/) - An event notification library. [BSD]
-* [libuv](https://github.com/libuv/libuv) - Cross-platform asychronous I/O. [BSD]
+* [libuv](https://github.com/libuv/libuv) - Cross-platform asynchronous I/O. [BSD]
 * [uvw](https://github.com/skypjack/uvw) - C++ wrapper for libuv. [MIT]
 
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