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JavaScript

/ˈdʒɑː.və.skɹɪpt/ · name

Meaning

  1. Nonstandard form of JavaScript.
  2. A JavaScript script.
  3. A scripting programming language most commonly used to add interactive features to webpages.

Etymology / origin

From Java (“a programming language”) + script, although the language is not closely related to Java and was originally to be called LiveScript.

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