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Runtime Environment ↔ Place to Execute Program, with platform-specific Global Scope access

aka Runtime

References​

  1. Hashbang ↔ Directive to specify Runtime via first-line code: #!/usr/bin/env node

  2. Platform API ↔ extra APIs extends JS for specific Runtime Environment

  3. Node.js ↔ Runtime Environment to execute JS outside Browser

  4. Edge Runtime ↔ Runtime Environment to execute on Edge

  5. Sandbox ↔ Isolated environment/container for Runtime Environment/HTML/etc