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	"JavaScript" is a [[trademark]] of [[Oracle Corporation]] in the United States.<ref>{{cite web \|date=1997-05-06 \|title=U.S. Trademark Serial No. 75026640 \|url=https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=75026640&caseType=SERIAL_NO&searchType=statusSearch \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210713022850/https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=75026640&caseType=SERIAL_NO&searchType=statusSearch \|archive-date=2021-07-13 \|access-date=2021-05-08 \|website=uspto.gov \|publisher=[[United States Patent and Trademark Office]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|title=Legal Notices \|url=https://www.oracle.com/legal/trademarks.html \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210605142505/https://www.oracle.com/legal/trademarks.html \|archive-date=2021-06-05 \|access-date=2021-05-08 \|website=oracle.com \|publisher=[[Oracle Corporation]]}}</ref> The trademark was originally issued to [[Sun Microsystems]] on 6 May 1997, and was transferred to Oracle when they acquired Sun in 2009.<ref>{{Cite news \|title=Oracle to buy Sun in $7.4-bn deal \| newspaper=The Economic Times \|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/software/oracle-to-buy-sun-in-7-4-bn-deal/articleshow/4427747.cms \| date = 21 April 2009}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news \|title=Oracle urged again to give up JavaScript trademark \|work=The Register \|url=https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/17/oracle_urged_to_surrender_javascript_trademark/ \|date=17 September 2024 \|last1=Claburn \|first1=Thomas \|access-date=2 February 2025}}</ref>		"JavaScript" is a [[trademark]] of [[Oracle Corporation]] in the United States.<ref>{{cite web \|date=1997-05-06 \|title=U.S. Trademark Serial No. 75026640 \|url=https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=75026640&caseType=SERIAL_NO&searchType=statusSearch \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210713022850/https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=75026640&caseType=SERIAL_NO&searchType=statusSearch \|archive-date=2021-07-13 \|access-date=2021-05-08 \|website=uspto.gov \|publisher=[[United States Patent and Trademark Office]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|title=Legal Notices \|url=https://www.oracle.com/legal/trademarks.html \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210605142505/https://www.oracle.com/legal/trademarks.html \|archive-date=2021-06-05 \|access-date=2021-05-08 \|website=oracle.com \|publisher=[[Oracle Corporation]]}}</ref> The trademark was originally issued to [[Sun Microsystems]] on 6 May 1997, and was transferred to Oracle when they acquired Sun in 2009.<ref>{{Cite news \|title=Oracle to buy Sun in $7.4-bn deal \| newspaper=The Economic Times \|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/software/oracle-to-buy-sun-in-7-4-bn-deal/articleshow/4427747.cms \| date = 21 April 2009}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news \|title=Oracle urged again to give up JavaScript trademark \|work=The Register \|url=https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/17/oracle_urged_to_surrender_javascript_trademark/ \|date=17 September 2024 \|last1=Claburn \|first1=Thomas \|access-date=2 February 2025}}</ref>

	A letter was circulated in September 2024, spearheaded by [[Ryan Dahl]], calling on Oracle to free the JavaScript trademark.<ref>{{Cite news\|last=Krill\|first=Paul\|date=September 20, 2024\|title=JavaScript community challenges ~~Oracle’s~~ JavaScript trademark\|url=https://www.infoworld.com/article/3532457/javascript-community-challenges-oracles-javascript-trademark.html\|work=InfoWorld}}</ref> [[Brendan Eich]], the original creator of JavaScript, was among the over 14,000 signatories who supported the initiative.		A letter was circulated in September 2024, spearheaded by [[Ryan Dahl]], calling on Oracle to free the JavaScript trademark.<ref>{{Cite news\|last=Krill\|first=Paul\|date=September 20, 2024\|title=JavaScript community challenges Oracle's JavaScript trademark\|url=https://www.infoworld.com/article/3532457/javascript-community-challenges-oracles-javascript-trademark.html\|work=InfoWorld}}</ref> [[Brendan Eich]], the original creator of JavaScript, was among the over 14,000 signatories who supported the initiative.

	== Website client-side usage ==		== Website client-side usage ==

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	=== Hardware vulnerabilities ===		=== Hardware vulnerabilities ===
	In 2015, a JavaScript-based proof-of-concept implementation of a [[rowhammer]] attack was described in a paper by security researchers.<ref>{{cite arXiv \| eprint = 1507.06955 \| title = Rowhammer.js: A Remote Software-Induced Fault Attack in JavaScript \| date = July 24, 2015 \| last1 = Gruss \| first1 = Daniel \| last2 = Maurice \| first2 = Clémentine \| last3 = Mangard \| first3 = Stefan \| class = cs.CR }}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|work=Motherboard \|publisher=[[Vice (magazine)\|Vice]] \|title=Rowhammer.js Is the Most Ingenious Hack I've Ever Seen \|first=Alix \|last=Jean-Pharuns \|date=July 30, 2015 \|url=https://~~motherboard~~.vice.com/~~en_us~~/article~~/9akpwz~~/rowhammerjs-is-the-most-ingenious-hack-ive-ever-seen \|access-date=January 26, 2018 \|archive-date=January 27, 2018 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180127084042/https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/9akpwz/rowhammerjs-is-the-most-ingenious-hack-ive-ever-seen \|url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|website=[[Ars Technica]]\|title=DRAM 'Bitflipping' exploit for attacking PCs: Just add JavaScript\|first=Dan\|last=Goodin\|date=August 4, 2015\|url=https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/08/dram-bitflipping-exploit-for-attacking-pcs-just-add-javascript/\|access-date=January 26, 2018\|archive-date=January 27, 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180127143154/https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/08/dram-bitflipping-exploit-for-attacking-pcs-just-add-javascript/\|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \| url = https://www.slate.com/articles/technology/bitwise/2015/07/rowhammer_security_exploit_why_a_new_security_attack_is_truly_terrifying.html \| title = Rowhammer security exploit: Why a new security attack is truly terrifying \| date = July 28, 2015 \| access-date = July 29, 2015 \| first = David \| last = Auerbach \| author-link = David Auerbach \| website = slate.com \| archive-date = July 30, 2015 \| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150730004023/https://www.slate.com/articles/technology/bitwise/2015/07/rowhammer_security_exploit_why_a_new_security_attack_is_truly_terrifying.html \| url-status = live }}</ref>		In 2015, a JavaScript-based proof-of-concept implementation of a [[rowhammer]] attack was described in a paper by security researchers.<ref>{{cite arXiv \| eprint = 1507.06955 \| title = Rowhammer.js: A Remote Software-Induced Fault Attack in JavaScript \| date = July 24, 2015 \| last1 = Gruss \| first1 = Daniel \| last2 = Maurice \| first2 = Clémentine \| last3 = Mangard \| first3 = Stefan \| class = cs.CR }}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|work=Motherboard \|publisher=[[Vice (magazine)\|Vice]] \|title=Rowhammer.js Is the Most Ingenious Hack I've Ever Seen \|first=Alix \|last=Jean-Pharuns \|date=July 30, 2015 \|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/rowhammerjs-is-the-most-ingenious-hack-ive-ever-seen/ \|access-date=January 26, 2018 \|archive-date=January 27, 2018 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180127084042/https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/9akpwz/rowhammerjs-is-the-most-ingenious-hack-ive-ever-seen \|url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|website=[[Ars Technica]]\|title=DRAM 'Bitflipping' exploit for attacking PCs: Just add JavaScript\|first=Dan\|last=Goodin\|date=August 4, 2015\|url=https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/08/dram-bitflipping-exploit-for-attacking-pcs-just-add-javascript/\|access-date=January 26, 2018\|archive-date=January 27, 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180127143154/https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/08/dram-bitflipping-exploit-for-attacking-pcs-just-add-javascript/\|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \| url = https://www.slate.com/articles/technology/bitwise/2015/07/rowhammer_security_exploit_why_a_new_security_attack_is_truly_terrifying.html \| title = Rowhammer security exploit: Why a new security attack is truly terrifying \| date = July 28, 2015 \| access-date = July 29, 2015 \| first = David \| last = Auerbach \| author-link = David Auerbach \| website = slate.com \| archive-date = July 30, 2015 \| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150730004023/https://www.slate.com/articles/technology/bitwise/2015/07/rowhammer_security_exploit_why_a_new_security_attack_is_truly_terrifying.html \| url-status = live }}</ref>

	In 2017, a JavaScript-based attack via browser was demonstrated that could bypass [[Address space layout randomization\|ASLR]]. It is called "ASLR⊕Cache" or AnC.<ref>[https://www.vusec.net/projects/anc/ AnC] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170316055626/https://www.vusec.net/projects/anc/ \|date=2017-03-16 }} VUSec, 2017</ref><ref>[https://arstechnica.com/security/2017/02/new-aslr-busting-javascript-is-about-to-make-drive-by-exploits-much-nastier/ New ASLR-busting JavaScript is about to make drive-by exploits much nastier] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170316024419/https://arstechnica.com/security/2017/02/new-aslr-busting-javascript-is-about-to-make-drive-by-exploits-much-nastier/ \|date=2017-03-16 }} Ars Technica, 2017</ref>		In 2017, a JavaScript-based attack via browser was demonstrated that could bypass [[Address space layout randomization\|ASLR]]. It is called "ASLR⊕Cache" or AnC.<ref>[https://www.vusec.net/projects/anc/ AnC] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170316055626/https://www.vusec.net/projects/anc/ \|date=2017-03-16 }} VUSec, 2017</ref><ref>[https://arstechnica.com/security/2017/02/new-aslr-busting-javascript-is-about-to-make-drive-by-exploits-much-nastier/ New ASLR-busting JavaScript is about to make drive-by exploits much nastier] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170316024419/https://arstechnica.com/security/2017/02/new-aslr-busting-javascript-is-about-to-make-drive-by-exploits-much-nastier/ \|date=2017-03-16 }} Ars Technica, 2017</ref>

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	=== Growth and standardization ===		=== Growth and standardization ===
	~~[[File:~~Logo of TC39.svg~~\|thumb\|150px~~\|Logo of Technical Committee 39 ("TC39"), the committee of [[Ecma International]] that is responsible for maintaining the standard]]		{{pic\|Logo of TC39.svg\|Logo of Technical Committee 39 ("TC39"), the committee of [[Ecma International]] that is responsible for maintaining the standard\|150px}}
	During the period of [[Internet Explorer]] dominance in the early 2000s, client-side scripting was stagnant. This started to change in 2004, when the successor of Netscape, [[Mozilla]], released the [[Firefox]] browser. Firefox was well received by many, taking significant market share from Internet Explorer.<ref>{{cite news \|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4508897.stm \|title=The assault on software giant Microsoft \|last=Weber \|first=Tim \|date=May 9, 2005 \|work=[[BBC News]] \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170925233936/https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4508897.stm \|archive-date=September 25, 2017}}</ref>		During the period of [[Internet Explorer]] dominance in the early 2000s, client-side scripting was stagnant. This started to change in 2004, when the successor of Netscape, [[Mozilla]], released the [[Firefox]] browser. Firefox was well received by many, taking significant market share from Internet Explorer.<ref>{{cite news \|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4508897.stm \|title=The assault on software giant Microsoft \|last=Weber \|first=Tim \|date=May 9, 2005 \|work=[[BBC News]] \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170925233936/https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4508897.stm \|archive-date=September 25, 2017}}</ref>

Lionel.rowe: cjs is slowly becoming obsolete and was never part of any EcmaScript standard, so makes more sense to put mjs first

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cjs is slowly becoming obsolete and was never part of any EcmaScript standard, so makes more sense to put mjs first

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	* <code>.~~mjs~~</code><ref name="node.js ECMAScript Modules Specification">{{cite web\|url=https://github.com/nodejs/node-eps/blob/master/002-es-modules.md\|title=nodejs/node-eps\|website=GitHub\|access-date=2018-07-05\|archive-date=2020-08-29\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200829024713/https://github.com/nodejs/node-eps/blob/master/002-es-modules.md\|url-status=live}}</ref>		* <code>.cjs</code><ref name="node.js ECMAScript Modules Specification">{{cite web\|url=https://github.com/nodejs/node-eps/blob/master/002-es-modules.md\|title=nodejs/node-eps\|website=GitHub\|access-date=2018-07-05\|archive-date=2020-08-29\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200829024713/https://github.com/nodejs/node-eps/blob/master/002-es-modules.md\|url-status=live}}</ref>
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	=== Growth and standardization ===		=== Growth and standardization ===
			[[File:Logo of TC39.svg\|thumb\|150px\|Logo of Technical Committee 39 ("TC39"), the committee of [[Ecma International]] that is responsible for maintaining the standard]]
	During the period of [[Internet Explorer]] dominance in the early 2000s, client-side scripting was stagnant. This started to change in 2004, when the successor of Netscape, [[Mozilla]], released the [[Firefox]] browser. Firefox was well received by many, taking significant market share from Internet Explorer.<ref>{{cite news \|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4508897.stm \|title=The assault on software giant Microsoft \|last=Weber \|first=Tim \|date=May 9, 2005 \|work=[[BBC News]] \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170925233936/https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4508897.stm \|archive-date=September 25, 2017}}</ref>		During the period of [[Internet Explorer]] dominance in the early 2000s, client-side scripting was stagnant. This started to change in 2004, when the successor of Netscape, [[Mozilla]], released the [[Firefox]] browser. Firefox was well received by many, taking significant market share from Internet Explorer.<ref>{{cite news \|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4508897.stm \|title=The assault on software giant Microsoft \|last=Weber \|first=Tim \|date=May 9, 2005 \|work=[[BBC News]] \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170925233936/https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4508897.stm \|archive-date=September 25, 2017}}</ref>

Brunnock: Reverted 1 edit by Vinizex94 (talk): Mosaic was software, not a business.

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	== History ==		== History ==
	=== Creation at Netscape ===		=== Creation at Netscape ===
	The first popular [[web browser]] with a [[graphical user interface]], [[Mosaic (web browser)\|Mosaic]], ~~founded~~ ~~by [[Marc Andreessen]]~~ in 1993. The lead developers of Mosaic then founded the [[Netscape]] corporation, which released a more polished browser, [[Netscape Navigator]], in 1994. This quickly became the most-used.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.mwdwebsites.com/nj-web-design-web-browsers.html\|title=The Evolution of the Web Browsers\|last=Enzer\|first=Larry\|date=August 31, 2018\|website=Monmouth Web Developers\|access-date=August 31, 2018\|archive-date=August 31, 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180831174847/https://www.mwdwebsites.com/nj-web-design-web-browsers.html\|url-status=dead}}</ref>		The first popular [[web browser]] with a [[graphical user interface]], [[Mosaic (web browser)\|Mosaic]], was released in 1993. The lead developers of Mosaic then founded the [[Netscape]] corporation, which released a more polished browser, [[Netscape Navigator]], in 1994. This quickly became the most-used.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.mwdwebsites.com/nj-web-design-web-browsers.html\|title=The Evolution of the Web Browsers\|last=Enzer\|first=Larry\|date=August 31, 2018\|website=Monmouth Web Developers\|access-date=August 31, 2018\|archive-date=August 31, 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180831174847/https://www.mwdwebsites.com/nj-web-design-web-browsers.html\|url-status=dead}}</ref>

	During these formative years of the Web, [[web page]]s could only be static, lacking the capability for dynamic behavior after the page was loaded in the browser. There was a desire in the flourishing web development scene to remove this limitation, so in 1995, Netscape decided to add a [[programming language]] to Navigator. They pursued two routes to achieve this: collaborating with [[Sun Microsystems]] to embed the [[Java (programming language)\|Java]] language, while also hiring [[Brendan Eich]] to embed the [[Scheme (programming language)\|Scheme]] language.<ref name="origin">{{cite web\|url=https://exploringjs.com/es5/ch04.html\|title=Chapter 4. How JavaScript Was Created\|website=speakingjs.com\|access-date=2017-11-21\|archive-date=2020-02-27\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200227184037/https://speakingjs.com/es5/ch04.html\|url-status=live}}</ref>		During these formative years of the Web, [[web page]]s could only be static, lacking the capability for dynamic behavior after the page was loaded in the browser. There was a desire in the flourishing web development scene to remove this limitation, so in 1995, Netscape decided to add a [[programming language]] to Navigator. They pursued two routes to achieve this: collaborating with [[Sun Microsystems]] to embed the [[Java (programming language)\|Java]] language, while also hiring [[Brendan Eich]] to embed the [[Scheme (programming language)\|Scheme]] language.<ref name="origin">{{cite web\|url=https://exploringjs.com/es5/ch04.html\|title=Chapter 4. How JavaScript Was Created\|website=speakingjs.com\|access-date=2017-11-21\|archive-date=2020-02-27\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200227184037/https://speakingjs.com/es5/ch04.html\|url-status=live}}</ref>

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	== History ==		== History ==
	=== Creation at Netscape ===		=== Creation at Netscape ===
	The first popular [[web browser]] with a [[graphical user interface]], [[Mosaic (web browser)\|Mosaic]], ~~was~~ ~~released~~ in 1993. The lead developers of Mosaic then founded the [[Netscape]] corporation, which released a more polished browser, [[Netscape Navigator]], in 1994. This quickly became the most-used.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.mwdwebsites.com/nj-web-design-web-browsers.html\|title=The Evolution of the Web Browsers\|last=Enzer\|first=Larry\|date=August 31, 2018\|website=Monmouth Web Developers\|access-date=August 31, 2018\|archive-date=August 31, 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180831174847/https://www.mwdwebsites.com/nj-web-design-web-browsers.html\|url-status=dead}}</ref>		The first popular [[web browser]] with a [[graphical user interface]], [[Mosaic (web browser)\|Mosaic]], founded by [[Marc Andreessen]] in 1993. The lead developers of Mosaic then founded the [[Netscape]] corporation, which released a more polished browser, [[Netscape Navigator]], in 1994. This quickly became the most-used.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.mwdwebsites.com/nj-web-design-web-browsers.html\|title=The Evolution of the Web Browsers\|last=Enzer\|first=Larry\|date=August 31, 2018\|website=Monmouth Web Developers\|access-date=August 31, 2018\|archive-date=August 31, 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180831174847/https://www.mwdwebsites.com/nj-web-design-web-browsers.html\|url-status=dead}}</ref>

	During these formative years of the Web, [[web page]]s could only be static, lacking the capability for dynamic behavior after the page was loaded in the browser. There was a desire in the flourishing web development scene to remove this limitation, so in 1995, Netscape decided to add a [[programming language]] to Navigator. They pursued two routes to achieve this: collaborating with [[Sun Microsystems]] to embed the [[Java (programming language)\|Java]] language, while also hiring [[Brendan Eich]] to embed the [[Scheme (programming language)\|Scheme]] language.<ref name="origin">{{cite web\|url=https://exploringjs.com/es5/ch04.html\|title=Chapter 4. How JavaScript Was Created\|website=speakingjs.com\|access-date=2017-11-21\|archive-date=2020-02-27\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200227184037/https://speakingjs.com/es5/ch04.html\|url-status=live}}</ref>		During these formative years of the Web, [[web page]]s could only be static, lacking the capability for dynamic behavior after the page was loaded in the browser. There was a desire in the flourishing web development scene to remove this limitation, so in 1995, Netscape decided to add a [[programming language]] to Navigator. They pursued two routes to achieve this: collaborating with [[Sun Microsystems]] to embed the [[Java (programming language)\|Java]] language, while also hiring [[Brendan Eich]] to embed the [[Scheme (programming language)\|Scheme]] language.<ref name="origin">{{cite web\|url=https://exploringjs.com/es5/ch04.html\|title=Chapter 4. How JavaScript Was Created\|website=speakingjs.com\|access-date=2017-11-21\|archive-date=2020-02-27\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200227184037/https://speakingjs.com/es5/ch04.html\|url-status=live}}</ref>

Axlrosen: This information would be helpful to an article focussing on web browsers, but this article is about JavaScript, and Mosaic is quite tangential

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This information would be helpful to an article focussing on web browsers, but this article is about JavaScript, and Mosaic is quite tangential

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	== History ==		== History ==
	=== Creation at Netscape ===		=== Creation at Netscape ===
	The first popular [[web browser]] with a [[graphical user interface]], [[Mosaic (web browser)\|Mosaic]], was released in 1993. Accessible to non-technical people, it played a prominent role in the rapid growth of the early [[World Wide Web]].<ref>{{cite news \|date=March 17, 2011 \|title=Bloomberg Game Changers: Marc Andreessen \|work=[[Bloomberg L.P.\|Bloomberg]] \|publisher=Bloomberg \|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/video/67758394 \|url-status=live \|access-date=December 7, 2011 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120516093712/https://www.bloomberg.com/video/67758394/ \|archive-date=May 16, 2012}}</ref> The lead developers of Mosaic then founded the [[Netscape]] corporation, which released a more polished browser, [[Netscape Navigator]], in 1994. This quickly became the most-used.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.mwdwebsites.com/nj-web-design-web-browsers.html\|title=The Evolution of the Web Browsers\|last=Enzer\|first=Larry\|date=August 31, 2018\|website=Monmouth Web Developers\|access-date=August 31, 2018\|archive-date=August 31, 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180831174847/https://www.mwdwebsites.com/nj-web-design-web-browsers.html\|url-status=dead}}</ref>		The first popular [[web browser]] with a [[graphical user interface]], [[Mosaic (web browser)\|Mosaic]], was released in 1993. The lead developers of Mosaic then founded the [[Netscape]] corporation, which released a more polished browser, [[Netscape Navigator]], in 1994. This quickly became the most-used.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.mwdwebsites.com/nj-web-design-web-browsers.html\|title=The Evolution of the Web Browsers\|last=Enzer\|first=Larry\|date=August 31, 2018\|website=Monmouth Web Developers\|access-date=August 31, 2018\|archive-date=August 31, 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180831174847/https://www.mwdwebsites.com/nj-web-design-web-browsers.html\|url-status=dead}}</ref>

	During these formative years of the Web, [[web page]]s could only be static, lacking the capability for dynamic behavior after the page was loaded in the browser. There was a desire in the flourishing web development scene to remove this limitation, so in 1995, Netscape decided to add a [[programming language]] to Navigator. They pursued two routes to achieve this: collaborating with [[Sun Microsystems]] to embed the [[Java (programming language)\|Java]] language, while also hiring [[Brendan Eich]] to embed the [[Scheme (programming language)\|Scheme]] language.<ref name="origin">{{cite web\|url=https://exploringjs.com/es5/ch04.html\|title=Chapter 4. How JavaScript Was Created\|website=speakingjs.com\|access-date=2017-11-21\|archive-date=2020-02-27\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200227184037/https://speakingjs.com/es5/ch04.html\|url-status=live}}</ref>		During these formative years of the Web, [[web page]]s could only be static, lacking the capability for dynamic behavior after the page was loaded in the browser. There was a desire in the flourishing web development scene to remove this limitation, so in 1995, Netscape decided to add a [[programming language]] to Navigator. They pursued two routes to achieve this: collaborating with [[Sun Microsystems]] to embed the [[Java (programming language)\|Java]] language, while also hiring [[Brendan Eich]] to embed the [[Scheme (programming language)\|Scheme]] language.<ref name="origin">{{cite web\|url=https://exploringjs.com/es5/ch04.html\|title=Chapter 4. How JavaScript Was Created\|website=speakingjs.com\|access-date=2017-11-21\|archive-date=2020-02-27\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200227184037/https://speakingjs.com/es5/ch04.html\|url-status=live}}</ref>

Codyferd: Changed typo from JScript to Jav

2025-04-17T16:54:07Z

Changed typo from JScript to Jav

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	\| typing = [[Dynamic typing\|Dynamic]], [[Weak typing\|weak]], [[Duck typing\|duck]]		\| typing = [[Dynamic typing\|Dynamic]], [[Weak typing\|weak]], [[Duck typing\|duck]]
	\| implementations = [[V8 (JavaScript engine)\|V8]], [[JavaScriptCore]], [[SpiderMonkey (JavaScript engine)\|SpiderMonkey]], [[Chakra (~~JScript~~ engine)\|Chakra]]		\| implementations = [[V8 (JavaScript engine)\|V8]], [[JavaScriptCore]], [[SpiderMonkey (JavaScript engine)\|SpiderMonkey]], [[Chakra (JavaScript engine)\|Chakra (Deprecated)]]
	\| influenced = [[ActionScript]], [[ArkTS]], [[AssemblyScript]], [[CoffeeScript]], [[Dart (programming language)\|Dart]], [[Haxe]], [[JS++]], [[Opa (programming language)\|Opa]], [[TypeScript]]		\| influenced = [[ActionScript]], [[ArkTS]], [[AssemblyScript]], [[CoffeeScript]], [[Dart (programming language)\|Dart]], [[Haxe]], [[JS++]], [[Opa (programming language)\|Opa]], [[TypeScript]]
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Stephan Leeds: /* Creation at Netscape */ use–mention distinction

2025-04-14T01:40:18Z

Creation at Netscape: use–mention distinction

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	The goal was a "language for the masses",<ref name="EichVideo" /> "to help nonprogrammers create dynamic, interactive [[website\|Web sites]]".<ref>"Netscape Communications Corp.", Browser enhancements. Encyclopædia Britannica 2006 Ultimate Reference Suite DVD</ref> Netscape management soon decided that the best option was for Eich to devise a new language, with syntax similar to Java and less like Scheme or other extant [[scripting language]]s.<ref name="looklikejava" /><ref name="origin" /> Although the new language and its [[Interpreter (computing)\|interpreter]] implementation were called LiveScript when first shipped as part of a Navigator [[beta software\|beta]] in September 1995, the name was changed to JavaScript for the official release in December.<ref name="origin" /><ref name="press_release" /><ref name="techvision">{{cite web \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080208124612/https://wp.netscape.com/comprod/columns/techvision/innovators_be.html \| archive-date=February 8, 2008 \| title=TechVision: Innovators of the Net: Brendan Eich and JavaScript \| url=https://wp.netscape.com/comprod/columns/techvision/innovators_be.html }}</ref><ref name="wired2024">{{cite magazine \|last1=Han \|first1=Sheon \|title=JavaScript Runs the World—Maybe Even Literally \|url=https://www.wired.com/story/javascript-runs-the-world-maybe-literally/ \|magazine=Wired \|date=4 March 2024 \|access-date=21 August 2024}}</ref>		The goal was a "language for the masses",<ref name="EichVideo" /> "to help nonprogrammers create dynamic, interactive [[website\|Web sites]]".<ref>"Netscape Communications Corp.", Browser enhancements. Encyclopædia Britannica 2006 Ultimate Reference Suite DVD</ref> Netscape management soon decided that the best option was for Eich to devise a new language, with syntax similar to Java and less like Scheme or other extant [[scripting language]]s.<ref name="looklikejava" /><ref name="origin" /> Although the new language and its [[Interpreter (computing)\|interpreter]] implementation were called LiveScript when first shipped as part of a Navigator [[beta software\|beta]] in September 1995, the name was changed to JavaScript for the official release in December.<ref name="origin" /><ref name="press_release" /><ref name="techvision">{{cite web \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080208124612/https://wp.netscape.com/comprod/columns/techvision/innovators_be.html \| archive-date=February 8, 2008 \| title=TechVision: Innovators of the Net: Brendan Eich and JavaScript \| url=https://wp.netscape.com/comprod/columns/techvision/innovators_be.html }}</ref><ref name="wired2024">{{cite magazine \|last1=Han \|first1=Sheon \|title=JavaScript Runs the World—Maybe Even Literally \|url=https://www.wired.com/story/javascript-runs-the-world-maybe-literally/ \|magazine=Wired \|date=4 March 2024 \|access-date=21 August 2024}}</ref>

	The choice of the JavaScript name has caused confusion, implying that it is directly related to Java. At the time, the [[Dot-com bubble\|dot-com boom]] had begun and Java was a popular new language, so Eich considered the JavaScript name a marketing ploy by Netscape.<ref name="EichVideo">{{Citation\|last=Fin JS\|title=Brendan Eich – CEO of Brave\|date=June 17, 2016\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOmhtfTrRxc \|website=YouTube \|access-date=February 7, 2018 }}</ref>		The choice of the ''JavaScript'' name has caused confusion, implying that it is directly related to Java. At the time, the [[Dot-com bubble\|dot-com boom]] had begun and Java was a popular new language, so Eich considered the JavaScript name a marketing ploy by Netscape.<ref name="EichVideo">{{Citation\|last=Fin JS\|title=Brendan Eich – CEO of Brave\|date=June 17, 2016\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOmhtfTrRxc \|website=YouTube \|access-date=February 7, 2018 }}</ref>

	=== Adoption by Microsoft ===		=== Adoption by Microsoft ===