JavaScript

[ jah-vuh-skript ]

/ ˈdʒɑ vəˌskrɪpt /

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Digital Technology, Trademark.

a brand name for 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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How to use JavaScript in a sentence

For technical SEOs, JavaScript is a hot topic and will continue to be one for quite some time.
Server-side rendering: What SEOs need to understand|Sponsored Content: Botify|February 25, 2021|Search Engine Land
Google’s Gary Illyes recommends avoiding JavaScript redirects.
Passage based rankings, core web vitals and responsive search ads; Friday’s daily brief|Barry Schwartz|February 19, 2021|Search Engine Land
The startup does this by using its own JavaScript-based programming language that automates mixing of things like color, audio, graphics and dynamic type.
Capsule raises $2 million for its collaborative video platform aimed at brands|Sarah Perez|January 14, 2021|TechCrunch
Review and optimize, minimize, consolidate, and strip as much JavaScript as you can from your site.
Core Web Vitals report: 28 Ways to supercharge your site|James Parsons|January 13, 2021|Search Engine Watch

Until September, however, Google wasn’t calling out JavaScript libraries themselves.
Google’s Lighthouse is now recommending JavaScript library alternates|Detlef Johnson|January 5, 2021|Search Engine Land
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.
Obamacare’s Rollout Is a Disaster That Didn’t Have to Happen|Gregory Ferenstein|October 20, 2013|DAILY BEAST
"There's no reason that should have ever been allowed," says Jones, of Twitter allowing JavaScript in the tweets.
The Race to Save Twitter|Brian Ries|September 21, 2010|DAILY BEAST

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

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