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script1 / skript/ • n. 1. handwriting as distinct from print; written characters: her neat, tidy script. ∎ printed type imitating handwriting. ∎ writing using a particular alphabet: Russian script. 2. the written text of a play, movie, or broadcast. ∎ Comput. an automated series of instructions carried out in a specific order. ∎ Psychol. the social role or behavior appropriate to particular situations that an individual absorbs through cultural influences and association with others. • v. [tr.] write a script for (a play, movie, or broadcast). script2 • n. inf. a doctor's prescription. |
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"script." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "script." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-script005.html "script." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-script005.html |
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1. A series of programming statements which can be executed usually within a WEB SERVER. The term is really synonymous with ‘program’ but is normally restricted to code written in INTERPRETED PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES such as PERL rather than COMPILED PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES such as JAVA. 2. The rules that are used by FILTERS to reject content sent to a user of the Internet, such as a filter which rejects SPAM email. |
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DARREL INCE. "script." A Dictionary of the Internet. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. DARREL INCE. "script." A Dictionary of the Internet. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O12-script.html DARREL INCE. "script." A Dictionary of the Internet. 2001. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O12-script.html |
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1. (command file) A file containing commands or other actions that could have been entered from the keyboard. This is a useful way of replaying often-used sequences of actions. In fact the scripting languages usually have extra commands (not available for direct use) such as branches, loops, and procedure calls. There are also usually optional parameters that allow the script to be made more general. 2. See script theory. |
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JOHN DAINTITH. "script." A Dictionary of Computing. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN DAINTITH. "script." A Dictionary of Computing. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O11-script.html JOHN DAINTITH. "script." A Dictionary of Computing. 2004. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O11-script.html |
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script piece of writing XIV (examinee's written papers XIX); (kind of) handwriting XIX. Aphetic — OF. escript, for escrit (now écrit) :- L. scrīptum, sb. use of n. pp. of scrībere write (see SCRIBE).
So scriptorium writing-room. XVIII. — medL. scripture Holy Writ, the Bible XIII; (arch.) inscription XIV. — L. scrīptūra; see -URE. scriptural (-AL1) XVII. — late L. |
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T. F. HOAD. "script." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "script." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-script.html T. F. HOAD. "script." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-script.html |
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script, see insular script.
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"script." The Oxford Companion to Irish History. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "script." The Oxford Companion to Irish History. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O245-script.html "script." The Oxford Companion to Irish History. 2007. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O245-script.html |
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•adapt, apt, enrapt, rapt, unmapped, untapped
•periapt • snow-capped
•accept, crept, except, incept, inept, intercept, kept, leapt, overleaped, sept, slept, swept, upswept, wept, yclept
•adept • housekept • transept
•precept • concept • percept
•rainswept • windswept • undraped
•pearshaped
•conscript, crypt, encrypt, harelipped, hipped, script, unequipped, unwhipped
•Egypt • eucalypt • transcript
•nondescript • typescript • manuscript
•subscript
•adopt, co-opt, Copt, opt
•unhoped
•abrupt, corrupt, disrupt, erupt, interrupt, irrupt
•bankrupt
•underdeveloped, undeveloped
•excerpt • sculpt
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"script." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "script." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-script.html "script." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-script.html |
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