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script

  [skript]
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–noun
1. the letters or characters used in writing by hand; handwriting, esp. cursive writing.
2. a manuscript or document.
3. the text of a manuscript or document.
4. the manuscript or one of various copies of the written text of a play, motion picture, or radio or television broadcast.
5. any system of writing.
6. Printing. a type imitating handwriting. Compare cursive.
–verb (used with object)
7. to write a script for: The movie was scripted by a famous author.
8. to plan or devise; make arrangements for: The week-long festivities were scripted by a team of experts.
Origin:
1325–75; ME (n.) < L scrīptum, n. use of neut. ptp. of scrībere to write; r. ME scrit < OF escrit < L, as above

Related forms:
scripter, noun
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Script.

 
1. Scriptural.
2. Scripture.
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script   (skrĭpt)   
n.  

    1. Handwriting.

    2. A style of writing with cursive characters.

    3. A particular system of writing: cuneiform script.

    4. A style of type that imitates handwriting.

    5. The matter set in this type.

    6. The text of a play, broadcast, or movie.

    7. A copy of a text used by a director or performer.

  2. Printing

    1. A style of type that imitates handwriting.

    2. The matter set in this type.

    3. The text of a play, broadcast, or movie.

    4. A copy of a text used by a director or performer.

    1. The text of a play, broadcast, or movie.

    2. A copy of a text used by a director or performer.

  4. Law An original document.

  5. Computer Science A simple program in a utility language or an application's proprietary language.

tr.v.   script·ed, script·ing, scripts

  1. To prepare (a text) for filming or broadcasting.

  2. To orchestrate (behavior or an event, for example) as if writing a script: "the brilliant, charming, judicial moderate scripted by his White House fans" (Ellen Goodman).


[Middle English skript, a piece of writing, alteration of scrite, from Old French escrit, from Latin scrīptum, from neuter past participle of scrībere, to write; see skrībh- in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: script
Pronunciation: 'skript
Function: noun
: PRESCRIPTION 1
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Computing Dictionary

SCRIPT
1. An early system on the IBM 702.
[Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959)].
2. A real-time language.
["A Communication Abstraction Mechanism and its Verification", N. Francez et al, Sci Comp Prog 6(1):35-88 (1986)].
(1994-12-01)

script language
A program written in a scripting language, but see Ousterhout's dichotomy.
(1999-02-22)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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