Web Workers specification

GPTKB entity

Statements (18)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:standard
gptkbp:allows message passing between main thread and worker
gptkbp:category gptkb:Web_APIs
gptkbp:definedIn gptkb:W3C
gptkbp:enables background script execution in web browsers
multi-threading in JavaScript
gptkbp:firstPublished 2009
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Web Workers specification
gptkbp:latestReleaseVersion https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/workers.html
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:HTML_Living_Standard
gptkbp:prohibits direct DOM access from workers
gptkbp:status gptkb:Living_Standard
gptkbp:supports gptkb:DedicatedWorker
gptkb:ServiceWorker
gptkb:SharedWorker
gptkbp:usedBy web browsers
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Shared_Workers
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6