WebAssembly
Portable, efficient virtual machine and bytecode format for compiled code on the Web
Also known as wasm · WebASM · Wasm · WASM
- Instance of
- bytecode
- , computing platform
- , file format
- +2 more
- Founded
- 2015
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- 2015
- Website
Overview
All data
64 statements · 25% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Latest version
- 2.0 released: June 1, 2022
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Sources- 1.“Release 2.0”github.com/WebAssembly/spec/releases/tag/opam-2.0.0Retrieved 2023-02-11
- 1.0 released: October 18, 2017
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Sources- 1.“Release 1.0”github.com/WebAssembly/spec/releases/tag/v1.0Retrieved 2018-09-19
- 1.1 released: December 9, 2019
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Sources- 1.“Release 1.1”github.com/WebAssembly/spec/releases/tag/opam-1.1Retrieved 2023-02-11
- 1.0.0 released: October 4, 2023 · version type: stable version
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Sources- 1.“Release 1.0.0”github.com/WebAssembly/spec/releases/tag/v1.0.0Retrieved 2025-10-21
- 2.0.0 released: October 17, 2023 · version type: stable version
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Sources- 1.“Release 2.0.0”github.com/WebAssembly/spec/releases/tag/v2.0.0Retrieved 2025-10-21
- 2.0 released: June 1, 2022
- Used by
- WebAssembly System Interface short name: WASI
- File format identification pattern
- 00 61 73 6d encoding: hexadecimal
- Media type
- application/wasm subject has role: de facto
- PyPI trove classifier
- Environment :: WebAssembly
- Awards
- Programming Languages Software Award(2021)
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Sources- 1.“Programming Languages Software Award”sigplan.org/Awards/Software/#2021_WebAssemblyRetrieved 2026-01-02
- Programming Languages Software Award(2021)
On other databases
16 identifiers linking WebAssembly across the web's reference databases
- AlternativeTo IDwebassembly
- Can I use feature IDwasm
- Chrome Platform Status feature ID5453022515691520
- Crunchbase organization IDwebassembly
- File Format Wiki page IDWebAssembly
- GitHub accountWebAssembly
- GitHub topicwebassembly
- Golden ID (archived)WebAssembly-WYXWZX
- Google Knowledge Graph ID/g/11c3kj4zzq
- Lemmy community IDwebassembly@programming.dev
- Mozilla Developer Network articleWebAssembly
- NicoNicoPedia word article IDwebassembly
- NLab IDWebAssembly
- OSDev article ID4419
- Quora topic IDWebAssembly
- SubredditWebAssembly