ECMA

See also: Ecma

English

Proper noun

ECMA

1. (business) Acronym of European Castor and wheel Manufacturer’s Association.
2. (computing, see usage notes) Alternative letter-case form of Ecma (“Ecma International”).
   • 2014, Axel Rauschmayer, “Standardization: ECMAScript”, in Speaking JavaScript: An In-Depth Guide for Programmers, Sebastopol, Calif.: O’Reilly Media, Inc., →ISBN, page 45:

     ECMA-262 is managed and evolved by Ecma’s Technical Committee 39 ([…]) (TC39).

3. (film) Acronym of European Carton Makers Association.
4. (media) Acronym of Engineering College Magazines Associated.
5. (music) Acronym of East Coast Music Association.
6. (music) Acronym of East Coast Music Awards.

Usage notes

• (Ecma International): The form ECMA, used for the organization until 1994, is still in use for its standards, followed by a number; e.g., the first edition of the Dart programming language specification was approved as “ECMA-408” in July 2014.

Derived terms

• ECMAScript, ES

Anagrams

• ACME, Acme, EMAC, Mace, Mače, acme, came, eMac, mace