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scripting language

A Dictionary of Computing | 2004 | 297 words | Copyright

scripting language A programming language that can be used to write programs to control an application or class of applications, typically interpreted. It may for example be a language, such as Script-X, AppleScript, or HyperTalk, for defining multimedia presentations. See also PERL, Python, Tcl.

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