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`heapTotal` and `heapUsed` refer to V8's memory usage.
`external` refers to the memory usage of C++ objects bound to JavaScript
objects managed by V8.
objects managed by V8. `rss`, Resident Set Size, is the amount of space
occupied in the main memory device (that is a subset of the total allocated
memory) for the process, which includes the _heap_, _code segment_ and _stack_.

The _heap_ is where objects, strings and closures are stored. Variables are
stored in the _stack_ and the actual JavaScript code resides in the
_code segment_.

## process.nextTick(callback[, ...args])
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