scriptable

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-?

Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreybʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *(s)kréybʰeti

Proto-Italic *skreiβō

Latin scrībō

Latin scrīptum

Old French escritbor.

Middle English scrit

English script

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlomder.

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis

Proto-Italic *-ðlis

Latin -bilis

Latin -ābilis

Old French -ablebor.

Middle English -able

English -able

English scriptable

From script + -able.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

scriptable (not comparable)

1. (computing) That can be extended or automated through scripting.

Noun

scriptable (plural scriptables)

1. (computing) Something that can be extended or automated through scripting.
   • 2003, Tom Gutschmidt, Game Programming with Python, Lua, and Ruby, page 290:

     The Ark engine itself has a module for Lua scriptables, and in particular the animation files (.anm) are defined with the Lua module.

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