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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
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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)].
[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.
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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.
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