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script

script

45 3.6
A short computer program that automates simple tasks
  • noun
  • /skrɪpt/
  • Specialized
: 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

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

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

constructed script
  • Specialized
1 8.4

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

hieratic script
  • Specialized
1 9.9

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

App Script
  • Specialized
1 5.1

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

ideographic script
  • Specialized
1 9.9

Symbols that show ideas instead of words or sounds

A writing system that uses letters to show spoken sounds

Demotic script
  • Specialized
1 9.9

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

syllabic script
  • Specialized
1 8.0

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

bicameral script
  • Specialized
1 8.9

A writing system whose letters have both capital and small forms

Devanagari script
  • Specialized
1 8.1

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

civil script
  • Archaic
8.1

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

artificial script
  • Specialized
7.9

A writing system made by people instead of growing naturally

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

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
479 3.1
application
  • Specialized
264 3.9
script
  • Specialized
45 3.6
snippet
39 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'.