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script

script

70 3.6
A short computer program that automates simple tasks
  • noun
  • /skrɪpt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : script
  • To enhance user experience, the website uses a script that loads content dynamically.
  • script language
  • use scripts
  • PHP script

Write me ACS script of a game where a duck jumps over boxes.

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Examples

  • Write Linux and Windows scripts to support proper security protocols.

    Academic text (2017)
  • Therefore, it is a common practice to buy a script and adapt it to local tastes.

    Academic text (1990)
  • So let's start the script and speed on through.

  • Each set is accompanied by a printed script, which the individual keeps for future reference.

    Academic text (1993)
  • So right now I'm working on the compression script algorithm.

  • The programmer wrote a script to automate data entry in the spreadsheet.

  • She created a simple script to format the text files before sending them to clients.

Compounds

shooting script
  • Specialized
2 7.4

A final detailed plan for filming that shows scenes, camera directions, and other production details

Handwriting in which letters join together in a smooth, flowing way

Aramaic script
  • Specialized
1 9.8

An ancient alphabet used to write Aramaic that influenced many later scripts

script language
  • Specialized
1 6.0

A computer language used to write small programs that do tasks for you

bicameral script
  • Specialized
8.9

A writing system whose letters have both capital and small forms

civil script
  • Archaic
8.1

A simpler form of the Cyrillic alphabet for printing books and papers that are not religious

constructed script
  • Specialized
8.4

A set of written signs that a person or group makes for use with a language, often for fiction

Demotic script
  • Specialized
9.9

A simple handwritten Egyptian writing used for everyday documents in ancient Egypt

Devanagari script
  • Specialized
8.1

A writing system that uses symbols for syllables and is used for Hindi and Sanskrit

A writing system that uses letters to show spoken sounds

artificial script
  • Specialized
7.9

A writing system made by people instead of growing naturally

App Script
  • Specialized
5.1

A tool that does tasks automatically in Google apps like Gmail and Sheets

An alphabet of letters used to write Hebrew and other Jewish languages, for example Yiddish and Ladino

hieratic script
  • Specialized
9.9

A fast, flowing form of ancient Egyptian writing used by priests for religious and official texts

ideographic script
  • Specialized
9.9

Symbols that show ideas instead of words or sounds

Nagari script
  • Specialized
9.3

A writing system used for Hindi and Sanskrit that uses symbols for syllables and a horizontal line above the symbols

syllabic script
  • Specialized
8.0

A writing system where each symbol stands for a syllable like "ka" or "mo"

unicameral script
  • Specialized
9.9

A writing system with one form for each letter and no capital or small letters

How Complex

system
2.7
program
  • Specialized
3.1
application
  • Specialized
326 3.9
script
  • Specialized
70 3.6
snippet
36 4.8

Surface Forms

script singular
scripts plural

Etymology

Script comes from the Latin scriptum 'a thing written' and scribere 'to write'. Think of a computer script as a short set of written instructions for a machine, like a tiny written plan, which is why programmers call these small programs 'scripts'.