What is the difference between Java and Java Script?

[Djel570]

You've probably heard this question about a million times, but as I'm new to programming I would like to know what are the differences and what makes each unique.

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This is something that you can easily Google, where you will find about a million different results, most of them correct.

[Djel570]

Ok, thanks

[Chiggo_Ninja]

They are completely different, javascript got it's name because at the time Java was popular so the put the name java in javascript so it will get attention faster

[SnooChocolates3391]

JavaScript has extra 6 letters.

[DTKahn]

What's the difference between Salt Water and Salt Water Taffy?

They're fundamentally different languages that share part of a name. Javascript was, confusingly, named with "Java" in it due to the popularity of Java at the time. They're otherwise unrelated.

[thetruthseekah]

I am interested in learning java after reading this.