Browser & Web Performance · Middle · Question 9 of 75

What is the main thread responsible for in a typical browser tab?

✓Correct answer: Running JavaScript, style calculation, layout and most painting work
2Only downloading resources
3Only compositing layers on the GPU

Explanation

Networking and compositing run on other threads, but JS and most rendering share the main thread, so they compete.

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