What is the root object in Node.js

Question

You may know the global object in Node.js:

{Object} The global namespace object.

In browsers, the top-level scope is the global scope. T

Answer 1

It is exactly the same as global.

There are a few undocumented properties like this. They date from early days of node but were left in to maintain backwards-compatibility and there is no pressing need to remove them.

You shouldn't use them in any new code, as they could be removed at any future time.