Script

Last updated January 01, 2026

Script may refer to:

Glyph display

Script, a distinctive writing system, based on a repertoire of specific elements or symbols, or that repertoire
Script (styles of handwriting)
- Script typeface, a typeface with characteristics of handwriting
Script (Unicode), historical and modern scripts as organised in Unicode glyph encoding

Manuscript, any written document, often story-based and unpublished
Play (theatre), the story, dialogue and stage directions for a theatrical production
Rob Wagner's Script, a defunct literary magazine edited and published by Robert Leicester Wagner (1872–1942)
Screenplay, the story, dialogue, action and locations for film or television
Script (comics), the story and dialogue for a comic book or comic strip
Script (video games), the narrative and text of a video game

Scripted sequence, a predefined series of events in a video game triggered by player location or actions

Scripting language, in which computer programming scripts are written
SCRIPT (markup), a text formatting language developed by IBM
script (Unix), a command that records a terminal session
Script, a description of procedural knowledge used in script theory, also used in artificial intelligence

SCRIPT (medicine), a standard for electronically transmitted medical prescriptions
SCRIPT (mnemonic), a memory aid related to heart murmurs
Behavioral script, a sequence of expected behaviors
Life (or childhood) script, in transactional analysis
Medical prescription (abbreviated Rx, scrip, or script), official health instructions

SCRIPT (AHRC Centre), the Scottish Centre for Research in Intellectual Property and Technologies
Narrative crime script, a step-by-step account of the processes involved in a criminal event