Is there a Chrome embedded in Visual Studio Code

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Version: 1.49.0 (system setup) Commit: e790b931385d72cf5669fcefc51cdf65990efa5d Date: 2020-09-10T13:22:08.892Z Electron: 9.2.1 Chrome: 83.0.4103.122 Node.js: 12.14.1 V8: 8.3.110.13-electron.0 OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.17763

There is a Chrome version in Visual studio code (Help -> About).what does it mean ? Is there a embedded chrome in VScode or V8 needs chrome to run?

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Visual Studio Code is one of many applications built on the Chromium platform, via the "Electron" framework. See e.g. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/04/microsofts-new-code-editor-is-built-on-googles-chromium/.

Another IDE built on Electron/Chromium is GitHub's Atom.

For more information, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electron_(software_framework); and for a similar project: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromium_Embedded_Framework.