JavaScript

[ jah-vuh-skript ]

/ ˈdʒɑ vəˌskrɪpt /

Digital Technology, Trademark.

the proprietary name of a high-level, object-oriented scripting language used especially to create interactive applications running over the Internet.

Origin of JavaScript

1995–2000; Java (in the trademarked sense “a programming language”) + script (in the computer sense “an executable section of code”)

Example sentences from the Web for javascript

All use open-sourced, mass-market code—the earliest run in Flash, the more recent in JavaScript.

Would You Buy an Internet Website as Art? |Jessica Dawson |June 3, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
AARON KOBLIN: We do a lot of experiments with HTML5, Javascript and WebGL.

Hanging Out With the Minds Behind Google Doodles and Chrome Experiments |Douglas Wolk |May 5, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
JavaScript files on each page, uncompressed and without expires headers.

Obamacare’s Rollout Is a Disaster That Didn’t Have to Happen |Gregory Ferenstein |October 20, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for javascript

JavaScript ²

/ (ˈdʒɑːvəˌskrɪpt) /

noun

trademark a scripting language especially applicable to the Internet

Word Origin for JavaScript

C20: from Java 2 + script

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