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JavaScript

[ jah-vuh-skript ]

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

/ ˈdʒɑːvəˌskrɪpt /

noun

  1. a scripting language especially applicable to the Internet
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of JavaScript1

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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Word History and Origins

Origin of JavaScript1

C20: from Java 2+ script
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Example Sentences

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Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.

Please enable javascript to get your Slate Plus feeds.

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Please enable Javascript in your browser to view Slate interactives.

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