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JavaScript

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JavaScript
Designed byBrendan Eich
DeveloperNetscape
First appeared4 December 1995
Websitewww.ecma-international.org/publications-and-standards/standards/ecma-262/
The colloquial logo used for JavaScript

JavaScript is a high-level programming language that follows the ECMAScript standard. It was originally designed as a scripting language for websites but became widely adopted as a general-purpose programming language, and is currently the most popular programming language in use.[1] JavaScript is usually found running in a web browser as interactive or automated content, ranging from popup messages and live clocks to large web applications. JavaScript is also commonly used in server-side programming through platforms like Node.js,