Wasm

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WebAssembly — a binary instruction format for a stack-based virtual machine, designed for near-native performance in browsers

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WAZ-um

/ˈwæzəm/

The WebAssembly community group and W3C documentation use 'Wasm' as the official abbreviation, pronounced 'WAZ-um'. The W3C FAQ explicitly confirms this.

Source: webassembly.org(official spec)

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web-ASS-em-blee

/wɛb əˈsɛmbli/

Using the full name 'WebAssembly' is always acceptable and unambiguous, though 'Wasm' is the preferred short form.

Source: webassembly.org(official spec)

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