ECMAScript (European Computer Manufacturers Association Script) is a scripting language based on JavaScript. Invented by Brendan Eich at Netscape, ECMAScript made its first appearance in the Navigator 2.0 browser. ... ECMAScript is widely used on the World Wide Web especially for client-side scripting.

What is the difference between JavaScript and ECMAScript?

ECMAScript is a Standard for scripting languages such as JavaScript, JScript, etc. It is a trademark scripting language specification. JavaScript is a language based on ECMAScript. ... JavaScript is considered as one of the most popular implementations of ECMAScript.

What is ECMA short for?

[Note: Ecma International was formerly the European Computer Manufacturers Association and known by its acronym, ECMA; names for ECMA standards continue to use the upper-case form.] Technically identical specifications for ECMAScript were published as ISO/IEC 16262 in 1998, 2002, and 2011.