1. A parameterized list of primitive I/O interconnect operations intended to be executed in sequence.
Often used with respect to ports, most of which are able to execute scripts of I/O commands autonomously (without policy processor assistance).
2. A sequence of instructions intended to be parsed and carried out by a command line interpreter or other scripting language.
Perl, VBScript, JavaScript and Tcl are all scripting languages. See Command Line Interface.