JavaScript

English

Alternative forms

• Javascript
• javascript

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Wikipedia

JavaScript

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

Synonyms

• JS
• LiveScript (obsolete)
• Mocha (obsolete)

Derived terms

• JavaScripted
• JavaScripting

Translations

scripting programming language

• Esperanto: ĝavaskripto (eo), javaskripto (eo)
• Italian: JavaScript (it) m

• Japanese: ジャバスクリプト (ja) (jabasukuriputo)
• Marathi: जावास्क्रिप्ट (mr) (jāvāskripṭa) f
• Persian: جاوااسکریپت (fa) (Jâvâeskeript)

See also

• ECMAScript
• Java
• JScript