Node.js is a JavaScript runtime built on Chrome’s V8 engine that allows developers to run JavaScript on the server side. It is essential for full-stack developers to understand Node.js because it enables the creation of scalable back-end services and APIs using JavaScript, thus promoting uniformity across the stack.
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