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Definition: Babel


(1) See Tower of Babel.

(2) An open source JavaScript compiler that converts the most current version of JavaScript into one that is compatible with older browsers. Babel converts the latest release of ECMAScript into a backward compatible version of JavaScript, allowing programmers to take advantage of the latest syntax while knowing that the resulting code will run on most users' computers. See JavaScript, ECMAScript and TypeScript.