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{{quotation|A scripting language, script language or extension language, is a programming language that controls a software application. "Scripts" are often treated as distinct from "programs", which execute independently from any other application. At the same time they are distinct from the core code of the application, which is usually written in a different language, and by being accessible to the end user they enable the behavior of the application to be adapted to the user's needs. Scripts are often, but not always, interpreted from the source code or "semi-compiled" to bytecode which is interpreted, unlike the applications they are associated with, which are traditionally compiled to native machine code for the system on which they run. Scripting languages are nearly always embedded in the application with which they are associated.}} ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scripting_language Wikipedia], retrieved 09:45, 18 August 2008 (UTC)).
{{quotation|A scripting language, script language or extension language, is a programming language that controls a software application. "Scripts" are often treated as distinct from "programs", which execute independently from any other application. At the same time they are distinct from the core code of the application, which is usually written in a different language, and by being accessible to the end user they enable the behavior of the application to be adapted to the user's needs. Scripts are often, but not always, interpreted from the source code or "semi-compiled" to bytecode which is interpreted, unlike the applications they are associated with, which are traditionally compiled to native machine code for the system on which they run. Scripting languages are nearly always embedded in the application with which they are associated.}} ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scripting_language Wikipedia], retrieved 09:54, 18 August 2008 (UTC)).




== Related entries (in this wiki) ==
== Related entries (in this wiki) ==
* [[ECMAScript]]


; Interactive web pages
; Interactive web pages
* [[JavaScript links]]
There exist various formats for interactive web pages. Most scripting languages are based on [[ECMAScript]]
* [[DHTML]]
* [[XHTML]], [[DHTML]], [[JavaScript links]]
* [[AJAX]]
* [[AJAX]], a [[web 2.0]] technology combining client and server-side scripting.
* [[SVG]]
* [[SVG]] (scalable vector graphis)
* [[SMIL]]
* [[SMIL]]
* [[Flash ActionScript3 overview]]
* [[X3D]] (post-VRML)
* [[Flash]], [[ActionScript3 overview]]
 
; [[Authoring environment]]s


; Operating system
; Operating system
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* [[Environment variable]]
* [[Environment variable]]


; E-learning
; [[E-learning]] technology
* [[Sharable Content Object Reference Model]]
* [[Sharable Content Object Reference Model]]


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* Text-based virtual environments like [[MOO]]s have scripting languages.
* Text-based virtual environments like [[MOO]]s have scripting languages.
* [[Second life]]
* [[Second life]]
; [[Web-application framework]]s
* [[PHP]], [[PHP links]]
* [[Perl]]
* Python
* ....


== Links ==
== Links ==

Revision as of 10:54, 18 August 2008

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“A scripting language, script language or extension language, is a programming language that controls a software application. "Scripts" are often treated as distinct from "programs", which execute independently from any other application. At the same time they are distinct from the core code of the application, which is usually written in a different language, and by being accessible to the end user they enable the behavior of the application to be adapted to the user's needs. Scripts are often, but not always, interpreted from the source code or "semi-compiled" to bytecode which is interpreted, unlike the applications they are associated with, which are traditionally compiled to native machine code for the system on which they run. Scripting languages are nearly always embedded in the application with which they are associated.” (Wikipedia, retrieved 09:54, 18 August 2008 (UTC)).


Related entries (in this wiki)

Interactive web pages

There exist various formats for interactive web pages. Most scripting languages are based on ECMAScript

Authoring environments
Operating system
E-learning technology
Virtual environments
  • Text-based virtual environments like MOOs have scripting languages.
  • Second life
Web-application frameworks

Links