JavaScript

[ jah-vuh-skript ]

Digital Technology, Trademark.

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

JavaScript

/ ˈdʒɑːvəˌskrɪpt /

noun

1. a scripting language especially applicable to the Internet

Word 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”)

Word History and Origins

Origin of JavaScript¹

C20: from Java ²+ script

Example Sentences

All use open-sourced, mass-market code—the earliest run in Flash, the more recent in JavaScript.

From The Daily Beast

AARON KOBLIN: We do a lot of experiments with HTML5, Javascript and WebGL.

From The Daily Beast

JavaScript files on each page, uncompressed and without expires headers.

From The Daily Beast

"There's no reason that should have ever been allowed," says Jones, of Twitter allowing JavaScript in the tweets.

From The Daily Beast