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WebAssembly

WebAssembly (Wasm) defines a portable binary code format and a corresponding text format for executable programs and software interfaces for facilitating communication between such programs and their host environment.

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Designed by
W3C
Developer
W3C · Mozilla · Microsoft · Google · Apple
Filename extensions
.wasm (binary format)
First appeared
March 2017; 9 years ago (2017-03)
License
Apache License 2.0
OS
Platform independent

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Overview

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Implementations

Limits

Security considerations

Performance

WASI

Specification

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WebAssembly

Nodes122
Edges121
Triples143
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.016393
Components1

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WebAssembly

Top relations

related to Security considerations · 16
WebAssembly → Alexa, An April, Coinhive, Due, Google Chrome, However, In June, June, Meltdown, Miner, October, Spectre, Speed, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Universität Stuttgart, WebAssembly-using
related to External links · 15
WebAssembly → April, Archived, Design DocumentsW3C Community Group, February, GitHub, Has, June, May, MDN Web Docs, Official, Retrieved, September, Wayback Machine, Wayback MachineWebAssembly Specification Archived, WebAssembly JavaScript API
related to Performance · 13
WebAssembly → Browsix-Wasm, Chrome, Early, Firefox, In, Massachusetts Amherst, SPEC CPU, The, This, University, Unix, Wasm, WebAssembly's
related to WASI · 13
WebAssembly → ABI, ABI/APIs, API, Capsicum, CloudABI, I/O, It, Mozilla, Portable Operating System Interface, POSIX, There, WASI, WebAssembly System Interface
related to Implementations · 11
WebAssembly → ABI, Flash VM, JVM, Proxies, Proxy-Wasm, WasmEdge, Wasmer, Wasmtime, WebAssembly Micro Runtime, WebAssembly-based, While WebAssembly
related to history · 10
WebAssembly → Firefox, Google Chrome, Google Native Client, Legacy, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla, The, To, Unity's Angry Bots, World Wide Web
related to Non-browser runtimes · 9
WebAssembly → APIs, Non-browser WebAssembly, These, Use, WAMR, Wasm, Wasmer, Wasmtime, WAVM
related to Web browsers · 9
WebAssembly → Android, As, Edge, For, In November, Legacy, March, Mozilla, This
related to Limits · 8
WebAssembly → APIs, Document Object Model, In, JavaScript, October, WASI, Wasm, Web
related to References · 7
WebAssembly → Apache License, GitHub, Licensed, Text, Text Format, This, WebAssembly/design

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wasm code support web javascript binary performance format languages wasi memory designed machine via standard browsers also instructions compiling language

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
WebAssemblyDesigned byW3C1.00infobox
WebAssemblyDeveloperW3C1.00infobox
WebAssemblyDeveloperMozilla1.00infobox
WebAssemblyDeveloperMicrosoft1.00infobox
WebAssemblyDeveloperGoogle1.00infobox
WebAssemblyDeveloperApple1.00infobox
WebAssemblyFilename extensions.mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace}.wat (text format)1.00infobox
WebAssemblyFilename extensions.wasm (binary format)1.00infobox
WebAssemblyFirst appearedMarch 2017; 9 years ago (2017-03)1.00infobox
WebAssemblyLicenseApache License 2.01.00infobox
WebAssemblyOSPlatform independent1.00infobox
WebAssemblyParadigmstructured; stack machine1.00infobox
WebAssemblyWebsitewebassembly.org1.00infobox

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