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See: docker node

node is a JavaScript runtime built on Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine. It is designed for building scalable network applications and allows JavaScript to be executed on the server-side. Node is popular due to its non-blocking, event-driven architecture and extensive package ecosystem.

https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/node

In general, a node is a localized swelling (a “knot”) or a point of intersection (a vertex).

Node may refer to:

• Vertex (graph theory), a vertex in a mathematical graph
• Node (autonomous system), behavior for an ordinary differential equation near a critical point
• Singular point of an algebraic variety, a type of singular point of a curve

• Lymph node, an immune system organ used to store white blood cells
• Node of Ranvier, periodic gaps in the insulating myelin sheaths of myelinated axons
• Sinoatrial node and atrioventricular node, specialized tissues in the heart responsible for initiating and coordinating the heartbeat
• Primitive node is the organizer tissue for gastrulation in vertebrates.
• The place on a plant stem where a leaf is attached

• Node (networking), a point of connection in a communication network
• An entity in a mesh network
• Node (circuits), a region in an electrical circuit where there is no change in potential
• Node (computer science), a basic unit used to build data structures
• Goal node (computer science), a node in a graph that meets defined criteria for success or termination
• Node (UML), the representation of a computational device in the Unified Modeling Language
• Node.js, a JavaScript-based, cross-platform runtime environment
• NodeB, hardware that is connected to the mobile phone network
• NODE, a wireless handheld sensor for smart devices
• Node, a shorthand used to designate a semiconductor fabrication process

• Nodule