Name of JavaScript at Creation

JavaScript launched in May 1995 by Brendan Eich, who used to work at Netscape. Initially, it wasn’t called JavaScript; it was given the name Mocha.

The name Mocha was chosen by Marc Andreessen, a Netscape founder. The name was changed to LiveScript in September 1995. In the same year, December, it received a trademark license from Sun and the name JavaScript came into the picture.

The general-purpose core of the language has been embedded in Netscape, Internet Explorer, and other web browsers.

The ECMA-262 Specification defined a standard version of the core JavaScript language.

• JavaScript is a lightweight, interpreted programming language.
• Designed for creating network-centric applications.
• Complementary to and integrated with Java.
• Complementary to and integrated with HTML.
• Open and cross-platform