Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

scripting language
     
         (Or "glue language") A loose term for any language
        that is {weakly typed} or {untyped} and has little or no
        provision for complex {data structures}.  A program in a
        scripting language (a "{script}") is often {interpreted} (but
        see {Ousterhout's dichotomy}).
     
        Scripts typically interact either with other programs (often
        as {glue}) or with a set of functions provided by the
        interpreter, as with the {file system} functions provided in a
        {UNIX shell} and with {Tcl}'s {GUI} functions.  Prototypical
        scripting languages are {AppleScript}, {C Shell}, MSDOS {batch
        files}, and {Tcl}.
     
        (2001-03-06)