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title: Kapacitor TICKscript language
description: Provides introductory information on working with TICKsccript, including syntax, lambda expressions, and the TICKscript specification.
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This section provides introductory information on working with the Kapacitor TICKscript language to define data processing pipelines.

   * [Introducing the TICKscript language](/kapacitor/v1.4/tick/introduction/) - this document presents the fundamental concepts of working with TICKscript in Kapacitor and Chronograf.
   * [Kapacitor TICKscript Syntax](/kapacitor/v1.4/tick/syntax/) - this covers the essentials of how TICKscript statements and structures are organized.
   * [TICKscript lambda expressions](/kapacitor/v1.4/tick/expr/) - this section provides essential information about working with these argument types, which are commonly provided to TICKscript nodes.
   * [TICKscript specification](/kapacitor/v1.4/tick/spec/) - Kapacitor TICKscript language specification.

Outside of this section the following articles may also be of interest.

   * [Getting started with Kapacitor](/kapacitor/v1.4/introduction/getting-started/) - an introduction to Kapacitor, which presents TICKscript basics.
   * [Node overview](/kapacitor/v1.4/nodes/) - a catalog of the types of nodes available in TICKscript.
   * [Guides](/kapacitor/v1.4/guides/) - a collection of intermediate to advanced solutions using the TICKscript language.

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