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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished; "they drew up a six-step plan"; "they discussed plans for a new bond issue" [syn: plan, program, programme]
2: a system of projects or services intended to meet a public need; "he proposed an elaborate program of public works"; "working mothers rely on the day care program" [syn: program, programme]
3: a radio or television show; "did you see his program last night?" [syn: broadcast, program, programme]
4: a document stating the aims and principles of a political party; "their candidate simply ignored the party platform"; "they won the election even though they offered no positive program" [syn: platform, political platform, political program, program]
5: an announcement of the events that will occur as part of a theatrical or sporting event; "you can't tell the players without a program" [syn: program, programme]
6: an integrated course of academic studies; "he was admitted to a new program at the university" [syn: course of study, program, programme, curriculum, syllabus]
7: (computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute; "the program required several hundred lines of code" [syn: program, programme, computer program, computer programme]
8: a performance (or series of performances) at a public presentation; "the program lasted more than two hours" [syn: program, programme] v
1: arrange a program of or for; "program the 80th birthday party" [syn: program, programme]
2: write a computer program [syn: program, programme]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: French programme agenda, public notice, from Greek programma, from prographein to write before, from pro- before + graphein to write — more at carve Date: 1633 1. [Late Latin programma, from Greek] a public notice 2. a. a brief usually printed outline of the order to be followed, of the features to be presented, and the persons participating (as in a public performance) b. the performance of a program; especially a performance broadcast on radio or television 3. a plan or system under which action may be taken toward a goal 4. curriculum 5. prospectus, syllabus 6. a. a plan for the programming of a mechanism (as a computer) b. a sequence of coded instructions that can be inserted into a mechanism (as a computer) c. a sequence of coded instructions (as genes or behavioral responses) that is part of an organism II. transitive verb also programme (-grammed or -gramed; -gramming or -graming) Date: 1896 1. a. to arrange or furnish a program of or for ; bill b. to enter in a program 2. to work out a sequence of operations to be performed by (a mechanism) ; provide with a program 3. a. to insert a program for (a particular action) into or as if into a mechanism b. to control by or as if by a program c. (1) to code in an organism's program (2) to provide with a biological program <cells programmed to synthesize hemoglobin> 4. to predetermine the thinking, behavior, or operations of as if by computer programming <children are programmed into violence — Lisa A. Richette> • programmability noun • programmable adjective or noun

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Program Pro"gram, n. Same as Programme.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(programs, programming, programmed) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A program is a set of instructions that a computer follows in order to perform a particular task. (COMPUTING) The chances of an error occurring in a computer program increase with the size of the program. N-COUNT 2. When you program a computer, you give it a set of instructions to make it able to perform a particular task. (COMPUTING) He programmed his computer to compare all the possible combinations. ...45 million people, about half of whom can program their own computers. ...a computer programmed to translate a story given to it in Chinese. VERB: V n to-inf, V n, V-ed • programming ...programming skills... ...the concepts of programming. N-UNCOUNT: oft N n 3. see also programme

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