Scripting

//ˈskɹɪptɪŋ// noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act by which something is scripted.

    "After all, dramatic scriptings of behavior are everywhere present in our media-drenched society, and these scriptings guide and organize real experience (Goffman 1974:55)."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of script form-of, gerund, participle, present

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handhandwritinghandwritingcursivealphabetalphabetics

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"Python's elegant syntax and dynamic typing, together with its interpreted nature, make it an ideal language for scripting and rapid application development in many areas on most platforms."

Etymology

From script + -ing.

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