JavaScript (JS), a trademark originally issued to Sun Microsystems on May 06, 1997 and acquired by Oracle in 2009, is a programming language that conforms to the ECMAScript standard and a core technology of the World Wide Web (WWW), alongside HyperText Markup Language (HTML) and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), developed by Brendan Eich at Netscape, and released on on December 04, 1995.
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In 1995, Brendan Eich developed JavaScript at Netscape.
JavaScript was released on on December 04, 1995.
JavaScript trademark was originally issued to Sun Microsystems on May 06, 1997.
In 2009, Oracle acquired Sun Microsystems.
In June 1997, ECMA, the European Computer Manufacturers Association (ECMA), a standards organization for information and communication systems, released ECMA-262, ECMAScript Language Specification, First Edition.
In June 2024, ECMA released ECMA-262, ECMAScript Standard, Fifteenth Edition.
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