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doc: update description of global

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With widespread support for ES modules, the description of global is
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PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/47969
Reviewed-By: Debadree Chatterjee <debadree333@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com>
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* {Object} The global namespace object.
In browsers, the top-level scope is the global scope. This means that
within the browser `var something` will define a new global variable. In
Node.js this is different. The top-level scope is not the global scope;
`var something` inside a Node.js module will be local to that module.
In browsers, the top-level scope has traditionally been the global scope. This
means that `var something` will define a new global variable, except within
ECMAScript modules. In Node.js, this is different. The top-level scope is not
the global scope; `var something` inside a Node.js module will be local to that
module, regardless of whether it is a [CommonJS module][] or an
[ECMAScript module][].
## Class `Headers`
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A browser-compatible implementation of [`WritableStreamDefaultWriter`][].
[CommonJS module]: modules.md
[ECMAScript module]: esm.md
[Web Crypto API]: webcrypto.md
[`--no-experimental-fetch`]: cli.md#--no-experimental-fetch
[`--no-experimental-global-customevent`]: cli.md#--no-experimental-global-customevent