Applescript

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A scripting language developed by Apple that allows users to automate tasks and control applications on macOS systems
2. A programming language designed to enable automation of repetitive operations and inter-application communication on Apple computers
3. A macOS-native scripting environment used to write scripts that automate workflows and direct the behavior of software applications

Etymology: Here the history is plain: it is a compound of "Apple," the computer company named after the fruit, and "script." The second part comes from Latin "scriptum," "something written," from "scribere," "to write," and reached English through the sense of a written text, such as a play's script or a set of instructions to be followed. The "script" in the name refers to a list of instructions a computer carries out. AppleScript is a programming language for automating tasks on Apple's operating systems, and it was designed so that its commands read closely to ordinary English. Its name thus describes what it is: a written set of instructions for a machine, made for Apple's products.