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    You might be interested in reading how the browser achieves this within a single thread, written by John Resig: ejohn.org/blog/how-javascript-timers-work Commented Apr 10, 2013 at 17:05
  • @Jalayn. Thanks. Your comment made all the difference after reading the several answers. Commented Dec 15, 2015 at 3:13