scripting language

collocation in English

meaningsofscriptandlanguage

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script
noun
uk
/skrɪpt/us
/skrɪpt/
the words of a film, play, broadcast, ...
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language
noun
uk
/ˈlæŋ.ɡwɪdʒ/us
/ˈlæŋ.ɡwɪdʒ/
a system of communication consisting of sounds, words, ...
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(Definition ofscriptandlanguagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofscripting language

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Almost every level can be controlled directly by thescriptinglanguage.
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Thescriptinglanguageis capable of expressing the composer's intent within the audiovisual performance.
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Loris itself is not an application program but a suite of procedures that can be linked into an application or called from ascriptinglanguage.
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It extends thescriptinglanguagewith managers that wrap the functionality of third party libraries, as mentioned above.
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Objects and vehicles are constructed by combining parts with ascriptinglanguage.
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Ngspice provides an internalscriptinglanguageto facilitate complex simulation and evaluation control flows.
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Kross itself is not ascriptinglanguage, but makes it easier for developers to add support for other scripting languages.
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Scriptable snippets consist of runnable segments of code in either a macro language or ascriptinglanguage.
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This package is of particular usefulness to persistent worlds, which require massive amounts of data manipulation above the capabilities of thescriptinglanguage.
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In many cases, the appropriate design is a domain specific language integrated into an establishedscriptinglanguage.
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It allowed the use of ascriptinglanguageto program interactions on the client side with no need to communicate with the server.
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It is described as a logon script processor and enhanced batchscriptinglanguageby the official website.
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These are written in a proprietary interpreted proceduralscriptinglanguage.
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This means you can have onescriptinglanguageuse code from anotherscriptinglanguage.
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It lacks world building facilities or ascriptinglanguagefor game events.
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Likewise, many computer game systems use a customscriptinglanguageto express the programmed actions of non-player characters and the game environment.
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Modem scripts go beyond init strings by providing an internalscriptinglanguagethat script authors can use to tune the modem's response.
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The parser is present to parse the object files coming from the object repository into the test specificscriptinglanguage.
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What it lacks in conforming to standard application conventions it makes up for in its potential for customisation, incorporating a powerfulscriptinglanguage.
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The shell also includes ascriptinglanguage(batch files), which can be used to automate various tasks.
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