doc : mention constant-time in crypto doc

Included reference to 'constant time' in crypto.timingSafeEqual description. The Node website would score higher on a Google search and the API would be more discoverable if it used the words "constant time" in its description. PR-URL: #16604 Fixes: #16504 Reviewed-By: Joyee Cheung <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: James M Snell <[email protected]>
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 - `a` {Buffer | TypedArray | DataView}
 - `b` {Buffer | TypedArray | DataView}
 
+This function is based on a constant-time algorithm.
 Returns true if `a` is equal to `b`, without leaking timing information that
 would allow an attacker to guess one of the values. This is suitable for
 comparing HMAC digests or secret values like authentication cookies or