What does "scripting" mean in reference to computing?

What does "scripting" mean in reference to computing?

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Whenever you job a script, whenever you see the word script, you need to kind of translate that to me in a kind of secure or very geek-like coding in language. That's sort of what that scripting refers to. So there can be things like java scripting, there can be CGI scripting, there can be flash scripting, all different kind of scripting. The scripts are different kind of programming languages or coding that is used. And your web browser speaks all these different languages, whatever you use, Internet Explorer, Firefox, whatever it is it speaks all these little different kind of languages that are used in combination with each other to drive and deliver the content that you get to surf around and experience the web.