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Initially only implemented [[client-side]] in web browsers, JavaScript engines are now embedded in many other types of host software, including [[server-side]] in web servers and databases, and in non-web programs such as word processors and [[Portable Document Format|PDF]] software, and in runtime environments that make JavaScript available for writing mobile and desktop applications, including desktop widgets.
Although there are strong outward similarities between JavaScript and [[Java (programming language)|Java]], including language name, [[Syntax (programming languages)|syntax]], and respective [[standard library|standard libraries]], the two languages are distinct and differ greatly in design; JavaScript was influenced by programming languages such as [[Self (programming language)|Self]] and [[Scheme (programming language)|Scheme]].<ref>
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