Script may refer to:
Writing systems
* Script, a distinctive
writing system
A writing system comprises a set of symbols, called a ''script'', as well as the rules by which the script represents a particular language. The earliest writing appeared during the late 4th millennium BC. Throughout history, each independen ...
, based on a repertoire of specific elements or symbols, or that repertoire
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Script (styles of handwriting)
A script or handwriting script is a formal, generic style of handwriting (as opposed to personal handwriting), within a writing system. A hand may be a synonym or a variation, a subset of script.
There is a variety of historical styles in manus ...
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Script typeface
Script typefaces are based on the varied and often fluid stroke created by handwriting. They are generally used for display or trade printing, rather than for extended body text in the Latin alphabet. Some Greek alphabet typefaces, especially ...
, a typeface with characteristics of handwriting
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Script (Unicode)
In Unicode, a script is a collection of Letter (alphabet), letters and other written signs used to represent textual information in one or more writing systems. Some scripts support only one writing system and Written language, language, for e ...
, historical and modern scripts as organised in
Unicode
Unicode or ''The Unicode Standard'' or TUS is a character encoding standard maintained by the Unicode Consortium designed to support the use of text in all of the world's writing systems that can be digitized. Version 16.0 defines 154,998 Char ...
glyph encoding
Arts, entertainment, and media
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Script (comics), the story and dialogue for a comic book or comic strip
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Script (video games), the narrative and text of a video game
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Manuscript
A manuscript (abbreviated MS for singular and MSS for plural) was, traditionally, any document written by hand or typewritten, as opposed to mechanically printed or reproduced in some indirect or automated way. More recently, the term has ...
, any written document, often story-based and unpublished
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Play (theatre)
A play is a form of drama that primarily consists of dialogue between Character (arts), characters and is intended for theatre, theatrical performance rather than mere Reading (process), reading. The creator of a play is known as a playwright.
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, the story, dialogue and stage directions for a theatrical production
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Rob Wagner's ''Script'', a defunct literary magazine edited by Rob Wagner
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Screenplay
A screenplay, or script, is a written work produced for a film, television show (also known as a '' teleplay''), or video game by screenwriters (cf. ''stage play''). Screenplays can be original works or adaptations from existing pieces of w ...
, the story, dialogue, action and locations for film or television
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Scripted sequence, a predefined series of events in a video game triggered by player location or actions
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The Script
The Script are an Irish Soft rock, soft-rock band formed in 2001 in Dublin. The band currently consists of Danny O'Donoghue (lead vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards), Glen Power (drums, percussion, backing vocals), Benjamin Seargent (bass, backin ...
, an Irish band
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''The Script'' (album), their 2008 debut album
Computing and technology
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Scripting language
In computing, a script is a relatively short and simple set of instructions that typically automation, automate an otherwise manual process. The act of writing a script is called scripting. A scripting language or script language is a programming ...
, in which computer programming scripts are written
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SCRIPT (markup)
SCRIPT,Stuart E. Madnick and Allen G. Moulton (1968) IEEE Transactions on Engineering Writing and Speech, Vol. EWS-11, No. 2, pp. 92-100. any of a series of text markup languages starting with Script under Control Program-67/Cambridge Monitor Sys ...
, a text formatting language developed by IBM
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script (Unix), a command that records a terminal session
* Script, a description of procedural knowledge used in
script theory
Script theory is a psychological theory which posits that human behaviour largely falls into patterns called "scripts" because they function the way a written script does, by providing a program for action. Silvan Tomkins created script theory a ...
, also used in artificial intelligence
Medicine and psychology
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SCRIPT (medicine)
SCRIPT is a standard promulgated by the National Council for Prescription Drug Programs (NCPDP) for the electronically transmitted medical prescriptions in the United States.
Adoption
The first version of SCRIPT was approved in 1997. Version 8.1 ...
, a standard for electronically transmitted medical prescriptions
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SCRIPT (mnemonic)
Heart murmurs are unique heart sounds produced when blood flows across a heart valve or blood vessel. This occurs when turbulent blood flow creates a sound loud enough to hear with a stethoscope. The sound differs from normal heart sounds by the ...
, a memory aid related to heart murmurs
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Behavioral script
In the behaviorism approach to psychology, behavioral scripts are a sequence of expected behaviors for a given situation.Barnett, D.W. et al. (2006)Preschool Intervention Scripts: Lessons from 20 years of Research and Practice ''Journal of Speech- ...
, a sequence of expected behaviors
* Life (or childhood) script, in
transactional analysis
Transactional analysis is a psychoanalytic theory and method of therapy wherein social interactions (or "transactions") are analyzed to determine the id, ego, and superego, ego state of the communicator (whether parent-like, childlike, or adult- ...
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Medical prescription
A prescription, often abbreviated or Rx, is a formal communication from physicians or other registered healthcare professionals to a pharmacist, authorizing them to dispense a specific prescription drug for a specific patient. Historicall ...
(abbreviated Rx, scrip, or script), official health instructions
Other uses
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SCRIPT (AHRC Centre)
Edinburgh Law School, founded in 1707, is a school within the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom dedicated to research and teaching in law. It is located in the historic Old College, the original site of the University. Two of t ...
, the Scottish Centre for Research in Intellectual Property and Technologies
* ”Scripted”, a song by Zayn from
Icarus Falls
''Icarus Falls'' is the second studio album by English singer-songwriter Zayn. It was released on 14 December 2018, as a double album by RCA Records.
Originally planned for 2017, the album was delayed so that Zayn could focus on the aesthetic a ...
See also
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Transcript (disambiguation)
Transcript may refer to:
* Transcript (biology), a molecule of RNA transcribed from DNA
* Transcript (education), a copy of a student's permanent academic record
* Transcript (law), a written record of spoken language in court proceedings
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Scrip
A scrip (or ''wikt:chit#Etymology 3, chit'' in India) is any substitute for legal tender. It is often a form of credit (finance), credit. Scrips have been created and used for a variety of reasons, including exploitative payment of employees un ...
, any currency substitute
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Scripps (disambiguation) Scripps may refer to:
People
* Edward W. Scripps (1854–1926), American publisher and media financier
* Ellen Browning Scripps (1836–1932), American philanthropist, half-sister of Edward W. Scripps
* James E. Scripps (1835–1906), American n ...
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Scripted (company)
Scripted is an online marketplace that connects businesses with freelance writers for blogs, articles, and bulk social media posts. Located in San Francisco, co-founders Sunil Rajaraman and Ryan Buckley launched Scripted as a byproduct of their s ...
, an online marketplace for businesses and freelance writers
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