prototype-based scripting language

noun

A programming language that uses prototypes to allow objects to inherit properties and methods from other objects.

Meanings

nounprototype-based scripting language (usually uncountable, plural prototype-based scripting languages)

plural prototype-based scripting languages

  1. uncountableusuallycomputingA programming language that uses prototypes to allow objects to inherit properties and methods from other objects.
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