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What's the difference between Shared Worker and Worker in HTML5?

rated 0 times [ 140] [ 5] / answers: 1 / hits: 23414 / 13 Years ago, thu, july 21, 2011, 12:00:00

After reading this blog post: http://www.sitepoint.com/javascript-shared-web-workers-html5/

I don't get it. What's the difference between a Worker and a SharedWorker?

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answered 13 Years ago jenamackennac · Accepted Answer

Very basic distinction: a Worker can only be accessed from the script that created it, a SharedWorker can be accessed by any script that comes from the same domain.