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Each page of the API documentation should have links to other versions of the same page. This will make it easier to switch between the current "live" release at nodejs.org and LTS versions. PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/10958 Fixes: https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/10726 Reviewed-By: Refael Ackermann <refack@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Evan Lucas <evanlucas@me.com> Reviewed-By: Sakthipriyan Vairamani <thechargingvolcano@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Ruben Bridgewater <ruben@bridgewater.de>
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Global Objects
These objects are available in all modules. The following variables may appear to be global but are not. They exist only in the scope of modules, see the module system documentation:
The objects listed here are specific to Node.js. There are a number of built-in objects that are part of the JavaScript language itself, which are also globally accessible.
Class: Buffer
- {Function}
Used to handle binary data. See the buffer section.
__dirname
This variable may appear to be global but is not. See __dirname.
__filename
This variable may appear to be global but is not. See __filename.
clearImmediate(immediateObject)
clearImmediate is described in the timers section.
clearInterval(intervalObject)
clearInterval is described in the timers section.
clearTimeout(timeoutObject)
clearTimeout is described in the timers section.
console
- {Object}
Used to print to stdout and stderr. See the console section.
exports
This variable may appear to be global but is not. See exports.
global
- {Object} The global namespace object.
In browsers, the top-level scope is the global scope. This means that
within the browser var something will define a new global variable. In
Node.js this is different. The top-level scope is not the global scope;
var something inside a Node.js module will be local to that module.
module
This variable may appear to be global but is not. See module.
process
- {Object}
The process object. See the process object section.
require()
This variable may appear to be global but is not. See require().
setImmediate(callback[, ...args])
setImmediate is described in the timers section.
setInterval(callback, delay[, ...args])
setInterval is described in the timers section.
setTimeout(callback, delay[, ...args])
setTimeout is described in the timers section.