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javascript

Syllables: Ja·va·Script/ˈdʒɑː.və.skɹɪpt/

javascript is the nonstandard form of JavaScript.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: JavaScript

JavaScript

  1. A scripting programming language most commonly used to add interactive features to webpages.
    Synonyms:
    JS, LiveScript, Mocha

Noun capitalized: JavaScript

JavaScript (plural JavaScripts)

  1. (informal) A JavaScript script.
    • 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...2004, Jon Duckett, “Creating a JavaScript Library”, in Beginning Web Programming with HTML, XHTML, and CSS, Wiley, →ISBN, page 549
    • 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...2005, Al Kernek, Put Your Business Online, 2nd edition, Pacifica Endeavors, →ISBN, page 138
    Synonyms:
    JS

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Javascript

Javascript

  1. (nonstandard) Nonstandard form of JavaScript.
    • The ‘bot makes this easier; scraping the NFL livescores page with some nifty Javascript, it tracks each game live for potential first-time scores; the most recent as of writing being the Chiefs beating the Texans 51-31. Not only that, but the ‘bot estimates the most likely possible scorigami scores...2020 January 22, Lewin Day, “Scorigami Bot Charts NFL History In The Making”, in Hackaday

Synonyms of javascript

Forms of javascript

Proper noun
alternative formJavascript
alternative formjavascript
Noun
pluralJavaScripts

Origin of javascript

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

Words formed from javascript

Questions about javascript

What does javascript mean?
Javascript means a scripting programming language most commonly used to add interactive features to webpages.
What is javascript the nonstandard form of?
Javascript is the nonstandard form of JavaScript.
What part of speech is javascript?
Javascript can be a proper noun or a noun.
How do you pronounce javascript?
Javascript is pronounced /ˈdʒɑː.və.skɹɪpt/.

Words near javascript in the dictionary

  1. Javanka
  2. Javans
  3. Javari
  4. Javary
  5. javas
  6. javascript
  7. JavaScripted
  8. JavaScripter
  9. JavaScripters
  10. JavaScripting
  11. JavaScripts

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