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> io.js is an npm compatible platform originally based on Node.js™. Doesn't that explain it pretty well?

The first time I read this sentence, I thought it was some kind of I/O library for users of Node. I thought "npm-compatible platform" meant "this is some kind of library that can be installed/added to your project by using npm".

Also there is a very interesting language called Io: http://iolanguage.org/

I actually thought (just woke up, dizzy) that the news was about the language.

Exactly. I was too afraid to ask actually and be downvoted and labeled totally uncool. So what is it? I'm still not smarter after reading the FAQ. A "Javascript Platform". Aha. What do I use it for and what problem does it solve for me?

I see it's a fork of Node.js. So people use Node.js to write server programs in Javascript, I heard. So is io.js then "competing" with Node.js then?

Not going to ask what npm is now...

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Come on, acronyms aren't meant to be that simple.