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# [How Node.js Handles Multiple Requests with a Single Thread](https://blog-santra.hashnode.dev/how-node-js-handles-multiple-requests-with-a-single-thread?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Most servers handle concurrency the straightforward way: one request comes in, spin up a thread to handle it. Another request, another thread. It works, but threads are expensive memory, context switc

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