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noun
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a plan of action to accomplish a specified end: a school lunch program.
2.
a plan or schedule of activities, procedures, etc., to be followed.
3.
a radio or television performance or production.
4.
a list of items, pieces, performers, etc., in a musical, theatrical, or other entertainment.
5.
EXPANDan entertainment with reference to its pieces or numbers: a program of American and French music.
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a planned, coordinated group of activities, procedures, etc., often for a specific purpose, or a facility offering such a series of activities: a drug rehabilitation program; a graduate program in linguistics.
7.
a prospectus or syllabus: a program of courses being offered.
8.
COLLAPSEComputers.
a.
a systematic plan for the automatic solution of a problem by a computer.
b.
the precise sequence of instructions enabling a computer to solve a problem.
verb (used with object)
9.
to schedule as part of a program.
10.
Computers. to prepare a program for.
11.
to insert or encode specific operating instructions into (a machine or apparatus): We'll program the bells to ring at ten-minute intervals.
12.
to insert (instructions) into a machine or apparatus: An automatic release has been programmed into the lock as a safety feature.
13.
EXPANDto cause to absorb or incorporate automatic responses, attitudes, or the like; condition: Our parents programmed us to respect our elders.
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Program
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| to incorporate new or more accurate information in a database, program or procedure |
| a type of job or problem that lends itself to processing or solution by computer |
verb (used without object)
15.
to plan or write a program.
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World English Dictionary
| programme or (US) program (ˈprəʊɡræm) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a written or printed list of the events, performers, etc, in a public performance |
| 2. | a performance or series of performances, often presented at a scheduled time, esp on radio or television |
| 3. | a specially arranged selection of things to be done: what's the programme for this afternoon? |
| 4. | a plan, schedule, or procedure |
| 5. | a syllabus or curriculum |
| —vb , -grammes, -gramming, -grammed, -grams, -graming, -gramed | |
| 6. | to design or schedule (something) as a programme |
| —n, —vb | |
| 7. | computing a variant spelling of program |
| [C17: from Late Latin programma, from Greek: written public notice, from | |
| program or (US) program | |
| —n | |
| —vb | |
| —n, —vb | |
| [C17: from Late Latin programma, from Greek: written public notice, from | |
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Word Origin & History
program
1633, "public notice," from L.L. programma "proclamation, edict," from Gk. programma (gen. programmatos) "a written public notice," from stem of prographein "to write publicly," from pro- "forth" + graphein "to write." General sense of "a definite plan or scheme" is recorded from 1837. Meaning "list
EXPAND of pieces at a concert, playbill" first recorded 1805 and retains the original sense. That of "objects or events suggested by music" is from 1854. Sense of "broadcasting presentation" is from 1923. Computer sense (n.,v.) is from 1945; hence programmer "person who programs computers," attested from 1948. Spelling programme, sometimes preferred in Britain, is from French and began to be used early 19c. The verb in the fig. sense of "to train to behave in a predetermined way" is from 1963.
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program  (prō'grām') Pronunciation Key
A organized system of instructions and data interpreted by a computer. Programming instructions are often referred to as code. See more at source code, See also programming language. |
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