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script

1. written copy for the use of performers in films and plays

2. Law

a. 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

script

[skript]

(computer science)

An executable list of commands written in a programming language.

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

(language)

A program written in a scripting language, but see Ousterhout's dichotomy.

script

(1) A program written in a general-purpose programming language. Such languages are typically interpreted and less comprehensive than full-blown compiled languages. See scripting language and interpreter.

(2) A program written in a special-purpose language such as used in a communications program or word processor. Such languages are typically interpreted. See macro language, scripting language and interpreter.

(3) A typeface that looks like continuously flowing handwriting (not hand printing) or calligraphy.

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Source photograph of Nushu script: Orie Endo, "The research on Nushu, Chinese women's script," Tokyo, Meiji Shoin, 2002.

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Based on experiences and conversations with dozens of system admins, it's my contention that in-house scripts or programs are:

A dangerous money Waster: The hidden costs and security risks of in-house backup programs can endanger data security and the bottom line. (Internet)

In order to ensure the script is relevant to as many listeners as possible, DCFRN relies on broadcasters to adapt the scripts for their audience.

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Scripts also prevent coaches from talking too much between plays.

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The script invariably determines the final outcome, and Weaver and Newson knew they had created an obstacle for themselves that, while well suited to a small budget, is classically hazardous in film.

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However, Alan Levitt, the administrator of the ONDCP's controversial arrangement with the networks, met with ABC salespeople last spring and asked the network for advance scripts instead of aired tapes in order to grant credit, ABC executives said.

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The group recently began a rotating schedule of performance events: script readings on the first and third Tuesdays of the month, poetry on the second Tuesday, and a free-for-all on the fourth.