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Since the time of its creation, JavaScript evolved.
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As of now, JavaScript can execute not only in the browser, but also on the server, or actually on any device where a special program called [an interpreter]("http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interpreter_(computing)") is installed. The execution process is called "an interpretation". The browser has an embedded JavaScript interpreter.
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As of now, JavaScript can execute not only in the browser, but also on the server, or actually on any device where a special program called [an interpreter]("http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interpreter_(computing)") is installed. The execution process is called "an interpretation".
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The browser has an embedded JavaScript interpreter, of course. Sometimes it's also called a *JavaScript engine* or a "JavaScript virtual machine".
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Different engines have different "codenames", for example:
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<li>Chrome and Opera browsers and Node.JS server use [V8 engine]("https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V8_(JavaScript_engine)") (hence the same support for modern features).</li>
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<li>Firefox browser uses [Gecko]("https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gecko_(software)").</li>
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<li>...There are other codenames like "Trident", "Chakra" for different versions of IE, "Nitro" and "SquirrelFish" for Safari etc.</li>
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[smart header="Compilation and interpretation"]
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There are in fact two general approaches to execute programs: "compilers" and "interpreters".

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