V8 (JavaScript engine)
Open-source JavaScript and WebAssembly engine developed by Google / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
V8 is a JavaScript and WebAssembly engine developed by Google for its Chrome browser.[1][4] V8 is free and open-source software that is part of the Chromium project and also used separately in non-browser contexts, notably the Node.js runtime system.[1]
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Developer(s) | Google[1] |
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Initial release | 2 September 2008; 15 years ago (2008-09-02) |
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Written in | C++[1] |
Platform | IA-32, x86-64, 32-bit ARM, AArch64, 32-bit MIPS, MIPS64, PowerPC, IBM ESA/390, z/Architecture |
Type | JavaScript and WebAssembly engine |
License | BSD[3] |
Website | v8![]() |
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