Ecma

See also: ECMA

English

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Alternative forms

• ECMA (see usage notes)

Etymology

Originally European Computer Manufacturers Association. Name changed to Ecma International in 1994 to reflect the organization’s global reach and activities.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛkmə/

Proper noun

Ecma

1. Ecma International, a nonprofit standards organization for information and communication systems.
   • 2007 February 15, David Worthington, “Microsoft Defends Integrity of Open Office XML”, in SD Times: The Industry Newspaper for Software Development Managers, number 168, Huntington, N.Y.: BZ Media LLC, →ISSN, page 24, column 3:

     According to Paoli, Microsoft devoted 15 to 20 engineers per week to remove platform dependencies from OOXML over the year that Ecma’s technical committee reviewed the specification.

   • 2009, Eliza Varney, “Ecma International”, in Christian Tietje, Alan Brouder, editors, Handbook of Transnational Economic Governance Regimes, Leiden: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, →ISBN, part C (Communications, Electronics, and Media), section VI (The Role of Ecma in Transnational Economic Governance), page 556:

     Ecma’s standards include, inter alia, safety specifications, specifications for environmental product attributes, specifications for data communications such as IT security, specifications for system interconnection, as well as specifications for multimedia such as universal 3D (Ecma 2007d).

   • 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).

Usage notes

• 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