script

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A script in computer science is a sequence of instructions or commands designed to automate tasks. These are often written in scripting languages, which are intended for relatively small programming problems and are easier to learn than languages used for larger programs.123

Web scripting specifically uses these languages to add dynamic capabilities to web pages. While HTML and XML create static documents, web scripts allow pages to change content as a user interacts with them or to process user-entered information. Languages like JavaScript, VB Script, and Perl are commonly used for this purpose, enabling features like personalized greetings or passing data to online businesses.4

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Web scripting
…server contains small programs called scripts that take information from the browser system or provide it for display. A simple script might ask the reader’s name, determine the Internet address of the system that the reader uses, and print a greeting. Scripts may be written in any programming language, but,…
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…server contains small programs called scripts that take information from the browser system or provide it for display. A simple script might ask the reader’s name, determine the Internet address of the system that the reader uses, and print a greeting. Scripts may be written in any programming language, but,…
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