script
1. written copy for the use of performers in films and plays
2. Lawa. an original or principal document
b. (esp in England) a will or codicil or the draft for one
3. Computing a series of instructions that is executed by a computer program
4. an answer paper in an examination
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script
[skript] (computer science)
An executable list of commands written in a programming language.
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SCRIPT
(1)An early system on the IBM 702.
[Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959)].
SCRIPT
(2)A
real-time language.
["A Communication Abstraction Mechanism and its Verification",
N. Francez et al, Sci Comp Prog 6(1):35-88 (1986)].
script
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script
(1) A set of commands that are executed by the operating system or application. A script is typically saved as a separate file but not always. For example, scripts in spreadsheets ("macros") are stored within the spreadsheet (see macro language). See command processor, batch file, PowerShell and AppleScript.
(2) A program written in a general-purpose interpreted programming language. See scripting language and interpreter.
(3) A typeface that looks like handwriting.
(4) The stack-based language embedded in Bitcoin transactions. See Bitcoin Script.Copyright © 1981-2025 by The Computer Language Company Inc. All Rights reserved. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other reproduction is strictly prohibited without permission from the publisher.