metaprogram

noun

Etymology

From meta- + program.

  1. derived from πρόγραμμα
  2. derived from programma
  3. borrowed from programme
  4. prefixed as metaprogram — “meta + program

Definitions

  1. A thinking pattern which determines what information a person takes note of and what…

    A thinking pattern which determines what information a person takes note of and what information they screen out.

  2. A computer program that writes or manipulates other programs as data, or does the work at…

    A computer program that writes or manipulates other programs as data, or does the work at runtime that would otherwise be done at compile time.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for metaprogram. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA