JavaScript

A scripting programming language most commonly used to add interactive features to webpages.

Proper noun

  1. A scripting programming language most commonly used to add interactive features to webpages.

    Synonyms: JS LiveScript Mocha

    Hypernyms: scripting language

Origin

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

Forms

Javascript javascript

Derived

Ajax JavaScripted JavaScripter JavaScripting JS JScript JSON TypeScript WinJS

Noun

  1. A JavaScript script.
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Forms

JavaScripts Javascript javascript

Related

ECMAScript Java JScript

Wikipedia

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