What is the difference between concurrency and parallelism?
Concurrency allows multiple tasks to make progress together, while parallelism executes multiple tasks at the same time.
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More FAQs in How Does Node.js Handle Concurrency?
Node.js uses the Event Loop, asynchronous I/O, and libuv to handle multiple operations concurrently without blocking the main thread.
Yes. Node.js efficiently handles thousands of concurrent requests by delegating I/O operations and using an event-driven architecture.
libuv provides the Event Loop, thread pool, and asynchronous I/O capabilities that enable Node.js concurrency.
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