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pro·gram·ming       [proh-gram-ing, -gruh-ming] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.the act or process of planning or writing a program.
2.Radio and Television.
a.the selection and scheduling of programs for a particular period, station, or network.
b.the programs scheduled.
Also, pro·gram·ing.

[Origin: 1885–90; program + -ing1]
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pro·gram       [proh-gram, -gruhm] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, -grammed or -gramed, -gram·ming or -gram·ing.
–noun
1.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.an entertainment with reference to its pieces or numbers: a program of American and French music.
6.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.Computers.
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.to cause to absorb or incorporate automatic responses, attitudes, or the like; condition: Our parents programmed us to respect our elders.
14.to set, regulate, or modify so as to produce a specific response or reaction: Program your eating habits to eliminate sweets.
–verb (used without object)
15.to plan or write a program.
Also, especially British, programme.

[Origin: 1625–35; < LL programma < Gk prógramma public notice in writing. See pro-2, -gram1]
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pro·gram       (prō'grām', -grəm)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
    1. A listing of the order of events and other pertinent information for a public presentation.
    2. The presentation itself: a program of piano pieces.
    3. A course of academic study; a curriculum.
    4. A plan or system of academic and related or ancillary activities: a work-study program.
    5. A plan or system of nonacademic extracurricular activities: the football program.
  2. A scheduled radio or television show.
  3. An ordered list of events to take place or procedures to be followed; a schedule: a program of physical therapy for a convalescent.
  4. A system of services, opportunities, or projects, usually designed to meet a social need: "Working parents rely on the center's after-school latchkey program" (New York Times).
    1. A course of academic study; a curriculum.
    2. A plan or system of academic and related or ancillary activities: a work-study program.
    3. A plan or system of nonacademic extracurricular activities: the football program.
  6. A set of coded instructions that enables a machine, especially a computer, to perform a desired sequence of operations.
  7. An instruction sequence in programmed instruction.

tr.v.   pro·grammed or pro·gramed, pro·gram·ming or pro·gram·ing, pro·grams
  1. To include or schedule in a program: program a new musical composition.
  2. To design a program for; schedule the activities of.
  3. To provide (a machine) with a set of coded working instructions.
  4. To train to perform automatically in a desired way, as if programming a machine: programmed the children to use perfect table manners.
  5. To prepare an instructional sequence for (material to be taught) in programmed instruction.


[Late Latin programma, public notice, from Greek programma, programmat-, from prographein, to write publicly : pro-, forth; see pro-2 + graphein, to write; see gerbh- in Indo-European roots.]

pro·gram'ma·bil'i·ty n., pro'gram'ma·ble adj.
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pro·gramme       (prō'grām', -grəm)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   & v. Chiefly British
Variant of program.

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pro·gram·ming or pro·gram·ing       (prō'grām'ĭng, -grə-mĭng)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. The designing, scheduling, or planning of a program, as in broadcasting.
  2. The writing of a computer program.

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programming

noun
1. setting an order and time for planned events [syn: scheduling] 
2. creating a sequence of instructions to enable the computer to do something 

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programming
1. The art of debugging a blank sheet of paper (or, in these days of on-line editing, the art of debugging an empty file).
2. A pastime similar to banging one's head against a wall, but with fewer opportunities for reward.
3. The most fun you can have with your clothes on (although clothes are not mandatory).
[The Jargon File]
(2003-02-12)

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programming

n.
1. The art of debugging a blank sheet of paper (or, in these days of on-line editing, the art of debugging an empty file). "Bloody instructions which, being taught, return to plague their inventor" ("Macbeth", Act 1, Scene 7)
2. A pastime similar to banging one's head against a wall, but with fewer opportunities for reward.
3. The most fun you can have with your clothes on.
4. The least fun you can have with your clothes off.

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