What does the 'Self Time' column in Chrome's CPU profile indicate?
Self Time in CPU profiles shows: 1) Time spent exclusively in a function's own code, 2) Excludes time spent in called functions, 3) Helps identify actual bottlenecks in specific functions, 4) More accurate for pinpointing problematic code, 5) Distinguished from total time including child calls, 6) Essential for optimization targeting, 7) Shows where time is truly spent, 8) Key metric for performance analysis.