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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 09:54, 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 09:57, 18 August 2008 (UTC)).




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* [[SMIL]]
* [[SMIL]]
* [[X3D]] (post-VRML)
* [[X3D]] (post-VRML)
* [[Flash]], [[ActionScript3 overview]]
* [[Flash]], [[ActionScript 3]]


; [[Authoring environment]]s
; [[Authoring environment]]s
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; Virtual environments
; Virtual environments
* Text-based virtual environments like [[MOO]]s have scripting languages.
* Text-based virtual environments like [[MOO]]s have scripting languages.
* [[Second life]]
* Modern proprietary 3D [[virtual habitat]]s like [[Second Life]] can be scripted.


; [[Web-application framework]]s
; [[Web application framework]]s
* [[PHP]], [[PHP links]]
* [[PHP]], [[PHP links]]
* [[Perl]]
* [[Perl]]

Revision as of 10:57, 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 09:57, 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
Web application frameworks

Links