<ul><li>JavaScript and ECMAScript are two terms often used interchangeably, but it's important to note that ECMAScript is the official standard for the language.</li><li>JavaScript was created by Brendan Eich in 1995 to bring interactivity to HTML in Netscape, which was later copied by Microsoft as JScript.</li><li>The browser wars led to ECMAScript being established as the standard, with JavaScript and JScript becoming dialects of it.</li><li>JavaScript's popularity grew due to its cross-platform compatibility and ease of use, leading to its widespread adoption, and later expansions like Node.js and Deno.</li></ul>

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