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What is ECMAScript and how it is related to JavaScript?
JavaScript conforms to ECMAScript standard. JavaScript was first known as LiveScript, but Netscape changed its name to JavaScript, possibly because of the excitement being generated by Java. JavaScript made its first appearance in Netscape 2.0 in 1995 with the name LiveScript. The general-purpose core of the language embedded in Netscape, Internet Explorer, and other web browsers.
The ECMAScript Edition 5 standard was the first update to be released in over four years. JavaScript 2.0 conforms to Edition 5 of the ECMAScript standard, and the difference between the two is extremely minor.
The 8th edition, known as ECMAScript 2017, came in June 2017.
The ECMA-262 Specification defined a standard version of the core JavaScript language.
- JavaScript is a lightweight, interpreted programming language.
- Designed for creating network-centric applications.
- Complementary to and integrated with Java.
- Complementary to and integrated with HTML.
- Open and cross-platform
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