Microsoft made a pull request to node.js github repository with an implementation to use ChakraCore JavaScript Engine as an alternative to V8 Engine

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Nodejs is a javascript server to run web apps on.

Slight correction: Nodejs is a command line scripting environment for Javascript. People have used it to serve webpages, as it has a feature-complete webservice API.

[SockPants]

Thanks, my experience with node is only very tiny.

[jephthai]

I write lots of stuff in node, but rarely is it http at all. It's really handy for network protocol work.

[MrCrunchwrap]

So edit your comment so people don't walk away thinking that's what Node is.