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# Profiling Node.js Applications

Profiling a Node.js application involves measuring its performance by analyzing
the CPU, memory, and other runtime metrics while the application is running.
This helps in identifying bottlenecks, high CPU usage, memory leaks, or slow
function calls that may impact the application's efficiency, responsiveness
and scalability.

There are many third party tools available for profiling Node.js applications
but, in many cases, the easiest option is to use the Node.js built-in profiler.
The built-in profiler uses the [profiler inside V8][] which samples the stack at
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