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I often get asked Is Node.js single or multi-threaded? The answer is “it depends”. For synchronous operations, Node.js is single-threaded because the V8 engine inside Node.js executes all the synchronous operations. And since the V8 engine lives on t...

Aug 7, 2025 · 2 min read · iamtanaybanerjee.hashnode.dev  
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