The Necessary IT Jargon Buster
· 10 min read
ECMA International - An organization that creates standards for technologies.
ECMAScript
The specification defined in ECMA-262 for creating a general purpose scripting language.
Synonym - ECMAScript specification
ECMA-262 - This is a standard published by Ecma International. It contains the specification for a general purpose scripting language. While ECMA-262 is the name of the standard, it represents the scripting language specification ECMAScript. ECMAScript provides the rules, details, and guidelines that a scripting language must observe to be considered ECMAScript compliant.