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Ruby is an open-source programming language. In a {{glossary("world wide web","Web")}} context, Ruby is often used server-side with the Ruby On Rails (ROR) framework to produce websites/apps.

Ruby is also a method for annotating east Asian text in HTML documents to provide pronunciation information; see the {{HTMLElement("ruby")}} element and the CSS ruby layout module.

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