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Can Node.js be considered multi threaded?

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Jack Kim
·Mar 7, 2017

Single-threaded. Period.

55%

Multi-threaded, but.... (explain please)

8%

Multi-threaded. Period.

20%

Single-threaded, but... (explain please)

18%

51 votes · Closed

Given that Node.js maintains an internal thread pool, some developers in my company argue that Node is multi-threaded. But I would like to believe that it's single threaded since we as developers can never spawn threads in Node.js. What's your opinion?

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