Noun: scripting language
- A programming language that supports scripts, programs written for a special run-time environment that can interpret (rather than compile) and automate the execution of tasks that could alternatively be executed one-by-one by a human operator
"HTML is a scripting language, and it's the underlying language used on the web";
- script language
Derived forms: scripting languages
Type of: programing language [US], programming language
Encyclopedia: Scripting language