[syn: handwriting, hand, script]
3. a particular orthography or writing system;
VERB (1)
1. write a script for;
- Example: "The playwright scripted the movie"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Script \Script\, n. [OE. scrit, L. scriptum something written,
fr. scribere, scriptum to write: cf. OF. escript, escrit, F.
['e]crit. See Scribe, and cf. Scrip a writing.]
1. A writing; a written document. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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2. (Print.) Type made in imitation of handwriting.
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3. (Law) An original instrument or document.
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4. Written characters; style of writing.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
script
n 1: a written version of a play or other dramatic composition;
used in preparing for a performance [syn: script, book,
playscript]
2: something written by hand; "she recognized his handwriting";
"his hand was illegible" [syn: handwriting, hand,
script]
3: a particular orthography or writing system
v 1: write a script for; "The playwright scripted the movie"
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):
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)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):
script
A program written in a scripting language, but
see Ousterhout's dichotomy.
(1999-02-22)