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 # node-resque
 
-Delayed Tasks in nodejs.  A very opinionated but compatible API with [resque](https://github.com/resque/resque) and [resque scheduler](https://github.com/resque/resque-scheduler)
+Delayed Tasks in nodejs.  A very opinionated but compatible API with [resque](https://github.com/resque/resque) and [resque scheduler](https://github.com/resque/resque-scheduler).  Resque is a background job system based on redis.  It includes priority queus, plugins, locking, delayed jobs, and more! 
 
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