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Правда, что ли?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Node.js...medium=twitter

Node.js is an event-driven I/O framework for the V8 JavaScript engine on Unix-like platforms. It is intended for writing scalable network programs such as web servers[1]. It was created by Ryan Dahl in 2009, and its growth is sponsored by Joyent, which employs Dahl[2].
Node.js is similar in purpose to Twisted for Python, Perl Object Environment for Perl, libevent for C and EventMachine for Ruby. Unlike most JavaScript, it is not executed in a web browser, but is instead a form of server-side JavaScript. Node.js implements some CommonJS specifications[3]. Node.js includes a REPL environment for interactive testing.

А на официальном сайте NodeJS это
http://nodejs.org/#about

Evented I/O for V8 JavaScript.