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Web worker

A web worker, as defined by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and the Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group (WHATWG), is a JavaScript script executed from an HTML page that runs in the background, independently of scripts that may also have been executed from the same HTML page. Web workers are often able to utilize multi-core CPUs more…

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Committee
WHATWG
Domain
Multithreaded programming · Multiprocessing
Editors
Ian Hickson
First published
3 April 2009 (2009-04-03)
Organization
W3C · WHATWG
Status
Living Standard

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Web worker

Nodes27
Edges26
Triples34
Avg. degree1.93
Density0.074074
Components1

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Web worker

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related to overview · 8
Web worker → As, Consequently, DOM, HTML, JavaScript, They, Web, WHATWG
related to Features · 5
Web worker → JavaScript, The, To, Web, Worker
related to External links · 4
Web worker → Mozilla Developer Network, W3CWeb Workers, Web Workers, WHATWGUsing Web Workers
related to Support · 4
Web worker → If, The, The Worker, Worker
Domain · 2
Web worker → Multiprocessing, Multithreaded programming
Organization · 2
Web worker → W3C, WHATWG
Website · 2
Web worker → Latest standard: https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/workers.html, Retired standard: https://www.w3.org/TR/2021/NOTE-workers-20210128/
related to Example · 2
Web worker → In, The
Committee · 1
Web worker → WHATWG
Editors · 1
Web worker → Ian Hickson

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web workers worker whatwg html w3c browser scripts user support background javascript used page interrupted example also living standard main

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Web workerCommitteeWHATWG1.00infobox
Web workerDomainMultithreaded programming1.00infobox
Web workerDomainMultiprocessing1.00infobox
Web workerEditorsIan Hickson1.00infobox
Web workerFirst published3 April 2009 (2009-04-03)1.00infobox
Web workerOrganizationW3C1.00infobox
Web workerOrganizationWHATWG1.00infobox
Web workerStatusLiving Standard1.00infobox
Web workerWebsiteRetired standard: https://www.w3.org/TR/2021/NOTE-workers-20210128/1.00infobox
Web workerWebsiteLatest standard: https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/workers.html1.00infobox
Web workerYear started3 April 2009 (2009-04-03)1.00infobox
Web workerrelated to ExampleThe0.60section

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