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ECMAScript

ECMAScript (; ES) is a standard for scripting languages including JavaScript, JScript, and ActionScript. It is best known as a JavaScript standard intended to ensure the interoperability of web pages across different web browsers. It is standardized by Ecma International in the document ECMA-262.

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Programming language.name: ECMAScript
Programming language.paradigm: Multi-paradigm: prototype-based, functional, imperative
Programming language.designer: Brendan Eich, Ecma International
Programming language.typing: weak, dynamic
Programming language.implementations: JavaScript, ActionScript, JScript, QtScript, InScript, Google Apps Script
Programming language.influenced_by: Self, HyperTalk, AWK, C, CoffeeScript, Perl, Python, Java, Scheme
File format.name: ECMAScript (file format)
File format.icon: Crystal source.svg
File format.extension: .es
File format.mime: application/ecmascript
File format.owner: Sun Microsystems,Ecma International
File format.latest release version: Edition 16
File format.genre: Scripting language
File format.extensions: JavaScriptes
File format.url: Standards

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ECMAScript, ECMA-262, JavaScript
History
Evolution
Features
Imperative and structured
Weakly typed
Dynamic
Transpiling
Conformance
See also
References

ECMAScript is commonly used for client-side scripting on the World Wide Web, and is increasingly being used for server-side scripting and services using runtime environments such as Node.js, Deno and Bun.