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}}</ref> is a standard for scripting languages, including JavaScript, JScript, and ActionScript. It is also best known as a [[JavaScript]] standard intended to ensure the [[interoperability]] of [[web page]]s across different [[web browser]]s.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Wirfs-Brock |first1=Allen |last2=Eich |first2=Brendan |date=2020-05-02 |year=2020 |title=JavaScript: The First 20 Years |journal=Proceedings of the ACM on Programming Languages |volume=4 |pages=1–189 |doi=10.1145/3386327 |doi-access=free |s2cid=219603695}}</ref> It is standardized by [[Ecma International]] in the document [https://www.ecma-international.org/publications-and-standards/standards/ecma-262/ ECMA-262].

ECMAScript is commonly used for [[client-side scripting]] on the [[World Wide Web]], and it is increasingly being used to write server-side applications and services using [[Node.js]] and other runtime environments.<ref>{{CnCite web |datetitle=AprilNode.js Usage Statistics: Insights and Trends {{!}} Updated Data |url=https://radixweb.com/blog/nodejs-usage-statistics |access-date=2023-08-17 |website=Radixweb |language=en}}</ref>

== ECMAScript, ECMA-262, JavaScript ==