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Javascript javascript
English
Alternative forms
en Javascript javascript nonstandard nonstandard
Etymology
From en Java a programming language + en script, although the language is not closely related to en Java and was originally to be called en LiveScript.
Pronunciation
en /ˈdʒɑː.və.skɹɪpt/
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en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-JavaScript.wav US
en Ja va Script
Proper noun
en computer language 1 A scripting programming language most commonly used to add interactive features to webpages.
en JS#Proper noun LiveScript Mocha initialism obsolete obsolete
en scripting language
Derived terms
en Ajax JavaScripted JavaScripter JavaScripting JS JScript JSON TypeScript WinJS
Translations
scripting programming language
Danish: da JavaScript n
Esperanto: eo ĝavaskripto, eo javaskripto
Georgian: ka ჯავასკრიპტი
German: de JavaScript n
Italian: it JavaScript m
Japanese: ja ジャバスクリプト Jabasukuriputo
Korean: ko ^자바스크립트
Macedonian: mk ЈаваСкрипт, mk JavaScript
Marathi: mr जावास्क्रिप्ट f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb JavaScript m
Persian: fa جاوااسکریپت jâvâ-eskeript
Polish: pl JawaSkrypt
Portuguese: pt JavaScript m, pt Javascript m
Russian: ru JavaScript, ru ДжаваСкрипт, ru джаваскрипт
Swedish: sv Javascript n
Turkish: tr JavaScript
Noun
en informal A JavaScript script.
en JS#Noun initialism
en Jon Duckett Creating a JavaScript Library Beginning Web Programming with HTML, XHTML, and CSS Wiley 2004 549 0-7645-7813-8 By examining lots of examples, you will learn how to make use of JavaScript in your own Web pages, and through these examples you will learn some new coding practices for writing JavaScripts. Thousands of free JavaScripts are already out there on the Web, and before you start writing a script to do anything you are best off looking on some of these sites to see if someone has already done all of the hard work for you.
en Al Kernek Put Your Business Online 2nd Pacifica Endeavors 2005 138 9781411632332 To use JavaScripts, you need to understand basic HTML and typically have access to a Microsoft Internet Explorer Web browser. You do not have to be a programmer to develop and embed useful JavaScripts into your Website! In fact, many Websites offer free JavaScripts that you can just cut and paste into your website.
en Joe Kraynak Que’s Official Internet Yellow Pages Que Publishing 2006 469 0-7897-3408-7 Access thousands of JavaScripts, complete with tutorials and open discussions with the more than 500,000 registered users at this site.
en Peter Kent Search Engine Optimization For Dummies 3rd Wiley 2008 9780470262702 You don’t need to put JavaScripts inside a page. JavaScripts generally should be placed in an external file — a tag in the Web page “calls” a script that is pulled from another file on the Web server — for various reasons:
en June Jamrich Parsons New Perspectives on Computer Concepts 2016, Introductory Cengage Learning 2016 511 978-1-305-38775-1 EVER WEB SITE IS A POTENTIAL RISK. You know the exploits: malware, infected downloads, spyware, fraudulent Web sites, rogue JavaScripts…the list goes on.
en Shailesh Kumar Shivakumar; Sourabhh Sethii Building Digital Experience Platforms: A Guide to Developing Next-Generation Enterprise Applications Apress 2019 237 978-1-4842-4302-2 Appropriate placement of stylesheets and JavaScripts improves the perceived page load times and prevents browsers getting blocked.
See also
en ECMAScript Java JScript
References
en JavaScript