JavaScript

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This article should include JavaScript is not Java.

JavaScript is a widely known prototype-based scripting language created by Netscape. Almost every web browser today has a JavaScript interpreter built in. Most commonly it is used by web page authors to control client-side behaviour.

The standard version of JavaScript, ECMAScript, is defined by the ECMA-262 language specification or ISO-16262. ECMAScript unifies different dialects of the original JavaScript language.

JavaScript is not working

Ensure you have not disabled JavaScript in your preferences. On Firefox, you can do this via "Tools -> Options -> Web Features (-> Advanced)".