In this context, the term script refers to a small program in such a language typically, contained in a single file, and no larger than a few thousand lines of code. The term scripting language is also used in a wider sense, namely, to refer to dynamic high-level programming languages in general some are strictly interpreted languages, while others use a form of compilation. Scripting languages are also sometimes referred to as very high-level programming languages, as they sometimes operate at a high level of abstraction, or as control languages, particularly for job control languages on mainframes. A scripting language can be viewed as a domain-specific language for a particular environment in the case of scripting an application, it is also known as an extension language. Environments that can be automated through scripting include application software, text editors, web pages, operating system shells, embedded systems, and computer games. Scripting languages are usually interpreted at runtime rather than compiled.Ī scripting language's primitives are usually elementary tasks or API calls, and the scripting language allows them to be combined into more programs. A scripting language or script language is a programming language that is used to manipulate, customize, and automate the facilities of an existing system.

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