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# [What is Node.js? JavaScript on the Server Explained](https://kushagrablogs.hashnode.dev/what-is-node-js-javascript-on-the-server-explained?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

For most of its life, JavaScript had one job: make web pages interactive. It lived in the browser. That was the deal. Node.js broke that deal — and backend development hasn't been the same since. Java

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