JAVASCRIPT Definition & Meaning

JavaScript

[ jah-vuh-skript ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

Digital Technology, Trademark.

a brand name for a high-level, object-oriented scripting language used especially to create interactive applications running over the internet.

JavaScript

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noun

a scripting language especially applicable to the Internet

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of JavaScript¹

First recorded in 1995–2000; Java (in the trademarked sense “a programming language”) + script (in the computer sense “an executable section of code”)

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of JavaScript¹

C20: from Java ²+ script

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