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5 changes: 5 additions & 0 deletions doc/api/util.md
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* Returns: {boolean}

Returns `true` if the value is a native `External` value.
A native `External` value is a special type of object whose
data is not stored within the JavaScript managed heap
and does not conform to standard JavaScript types. Such
objects are created either by Node.js internals or native
addons and are wrapped by a JavaScript object.

### `util.types.isFloat32Array(value)`
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