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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)].
[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)].
["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.