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An interpreted programming language is a script language parsed and executed within a program called an interpreter.  A [[shell]] offers script functionality usually.  Unlike [[compiler|compiled]] programs scripts require the interpreter to be running to execute them.

High level languages such as [[Java]] and [[Python]] are interpreted, however they produce a bytecode to speed up their execution.  Consider this semi-compiled, but they don't produce true binaries that can run standalone on a computer.

Perl is definitely interpreted.