JavaScript

[ jah-vuh-skript ]

/ ˈdʒɑ vəˌskrɪpt /

Digital Technology, Trademark.

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

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Origin of JavaScript

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

Words nearby JavaScript

Java black rot, Java man, Javan, Javanese, Javari, JavaScript, Java Sea, Java sparrow, Java Trench, javelin, javelina

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Example sentences from the Web for JavaScript

All use open-sourced, mass-market code—the earliest run in Flash, the more recent in JavaScript.
Would You Buy an Internet Website as Art?|Jessica Dawson|June 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
AARON KOBLIN: We do a lot of experiments with HTML5, Javascript and WebGL.
Hanging Out With the Minds Behind Google Doodles and Chrome Experiments|Douglas Wolk|May 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
JavaScript files on each page, uncompressed and without expires headers.
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British Dictionary definitions for JavaScript

JavaScript²

/ (ˈdʒɑːvəˌskrɪpt) /

noun

trademark a scripting language especially applicable to the Internet

Word Origin for JavaScript

C20: from Java 2 + script

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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