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title: "Why is Node.js Single-threaded?"  
description: "Why is Node.js Single-threaded?"  
author: "Ethan Karla"  
published: 2021-02-04  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/interview/33773/why-is-node-js-single-threaded  
category: "node.js"  
tags: ["node js", "scripting", "scripting language"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Why is Node.js Single-threaded?

The Node.js is a single-threaded for async processing. Useing the async processing on a single-thread under typical web loads, more performance and scalability can be achieved instead of the typical thread-based implementation.

## Answers

### Answer by Ethan Karla

The Node.js is a single-threaded for async processing. Useing the async processing on a single-thread under typical web loads, more performance and scalability can be achieved instead of the typical thread-based implementation.


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