JavaScript

See also: javascript and 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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʒɑːvə skɹɪpt/
• Hyphenation: JavaScript

Proper noun

JavaScript

1. (computer languages) A scripting programming language most commonly used to add interactive features to webpages.

Synonyms

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

Hypernyms

• scripting language

Derived terms

• JavaScripted
• JavaScripting

Translations

scripting programming language

• Danish: JavaScript n
• Esperanto: ĝavaskripto, javaskripto
• Georgian: ჯავასკრიპტი (ǯavasḳriṗṭi)
• German: JavaScript (de) n
• Italian: JavaScript m
• Japanese: ジャバスクリプト (Jabasukuriputo)
• Macedonian: ЈаваСкрипт (JavaSkript), JavaScript (JavaScript)

• Marathi: जावास्क्रिप्ट f (jāvāskripṭa)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: JavaScript m

• Persian: جاوااسکریپت‎ (jâvâ-eskeript)
• Polish: JawaSkrypt
• Portuguese: JavaScript m, Javascript m
• Swedish: Javascript n
• Turkish: JavaScript (tr)

References

• JavaScript on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

See also

• ECMAScript
• Java
• JScript