===== JavaScript =====
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**JavaScript**, often abbreviated as ''JS'', is a [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:p:programlang|programming language]] that conforms to the [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.b_stds:tech:ecma:ecmascript | ECMAScript specification]]. JavaScript is high-level, often just-in-time (JiT) compiled, and multi-paradigm. It has curly-bracket [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:s:syntax|syntax]], dynamic typing, prototype-based object-orientation, and first-class functions.

Source: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JavaScript ]]


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