**string_decoder.js** (`require('string_decoder')`) from Node.js core

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Version numbers match the versions found in Node core, e.g. 0.10.24 matches Node 0.10.24, likewise 0.11.10 matches Node 0.11.10. ** Prefer the stable version over the unstable.** 

The *build/* directory contains a build script that will scrape the source from the [joyent/node](https://github.com/joyent/node) repo given a specific Node version.