Event loop na gudanar da JavaScript dinka a kan thread guda daya, don haka duk wani abu synchronous da ke daukar dogon lokaci yana toshe shi — kuma yayin da aka toshe, Node ba ya bautar wata request, timer, ko callback. Toshewa kusan koyaushe aiki ne na CPU-bound ko *Sync API, ba taba async I/O da aka jira (await) yadda ya kamata ba.
