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JavaScript

American  
[jah-vuh-skript] / ˈdʒɑ vəˌskrɪpt /
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 British  
/ ˈdʒɑːvəˌskrɪpt /

noun

  1. a scripting language especially applicable to the Internet

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Etymology

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”)

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