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Mastering JavaScript Promises

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Mastering JavaScript Promises

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (16 chapters)
Mastering JavaScript Promises
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

The V8 engine – the mechanics


A term that was only known to Formula One racers and sports car manufacturers was brought into web browsers in 2008 when Google first launched its amazing web browser, Google Chrome.

Like many real-life products and their mechanisms were being copied and depicted in computing industry, the V8 engine is one the true examples of such modeling in recent times. Since the scope of this book is focused on promises, let's take a brief look at what the V8 engine is in reality.

The V8 engine is a nontraditional engine with eight cylinders mounted on a crankshaft to produce extra horsepower. This engine is smoother than a V6 (another V-shaped engine), and less expensive than a V12 engine.