JavaScript

Event Loop

Definition

The mechanism that allows JavaScript to perform non-blocking operations despite being single-threaded. It continuously checks if the call stack is empty, then moves tasks from the callback queue to the call stack for execution.

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Callback

A function passed as an argument to another function, to be executed later. Callbacks are the foundation of asynchronous JavaScript and are used extensively in event handling and array methods.

Promise

An object representing the eventual completion or failure of an asynchronous operation. A Promise is in one of three states: pending, fulfilled, or rejected. Promises can be chained with .then() and .catch().

Async/Await

Syntactic sugar built on top of Promises that makes asynchronous code look and behave like synchronous code. async functions always return a Promise, and await pauses execution until a Promise resolves.