sagarkarira · September 10, 2016 07:13
diff --git a/setTimeout Note b/setTimeout Note
 It's important to note that setTimeout(..) doesn't put your callback on the event loop queue. What it does is set up a timer; when the timer expires, the environment places your callback into the event loop, such that some future tick will pick it up and execute it.

 What if there are already 20 items in the event loop at that moment? Your callback waits. It gets in line behind the others -- there's not normally a path for preempting the queue and skipping ahead in line. This explains why setTimeout(..) timers may not fire with perfect temporal accuracy. You're guaranteed (roughly speaking) that your callback won't fire before the time interval you specify, but it can happen at or after that time, depending on the state of the event queue.
	It's important to note that setTimeout(..) doesn't put your callback on the event loop queue. What it does is set up a timer; when the timer expires, the environment places your callback into the event loop, such that some future tick will pick it up and execute it.

	What if there are already 20 items in the event loop at that moment? Your callback waits. It gets in line behind the others -- there's not normally a path for preempting the queue and skipping ahead in line. This explains why setTimeout(..) timers may not fire with perfect temporal accuracy. You're guaranteed (roughly speaking) that your callback won't fire before the time interval you specify, but it can happen at or after that time, depending on the state of the event queue.
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