Event Loop - CI/CD Glossary Definition
An event loop is a control structure that blocks waiting for ready events (sockets, timers, callbacks) and dispatches each to its handler in turn on a single thread; it underlies Node.js and browser concurrency and most reactor-based async I/O.
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