program
nounEtymology
Borrowed from French programme, from Late Latin programma (“a proclamation, edict”), from Ancient Greek πρόγραμμα (prógramma, “a written public notice, an edict”), from προγράφω (prográphō, “to set forth as a public notice”), from πρό (pró, “before”) + γράφω (gráphō, “to write”). Doublet of programma.
Definitions
A set of structured activities
A set of structured activities; a plan of action.
- get with the program
- Our program for today’s exercise class includes swimming and jogging.
A leaflet listing information about a play, game or other activity.
- The program consisted of ads for restaurants and the credits of everyone connected with the play.
A set of principal goals which someone, especially a political party or candidate,…
A set of principal goals which someone, especially a political party or candidate, supports.
- the Toronto Sun, a daily tabloid whose programme is roughly that of the American National Enquirer or the British News of the World
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A performance of a show or other broadcast on radio or television.
- Tonight’s program was hosted by Johnny Carson.
A computer program.
- The program runs on both Linux and Microsoft Windows.
A particular mindset or method of doing things.
- Ellis: Come on, John, why don’t you get with the program and tell him where the detonators are?
A custom tracklist.
- program playback
To enter a program or other instructions into (a computer or other electronic device) to…
To enter a program or other instructions into (a computer or other electronic device) to instruct it to do a particular task.
- He programmed the DVR to record his favorite show.
To develop (software) by writing program code.
- I programmed a small game as a demonstration.
To put together the schedule of an event.
- Mary will program Tuesday’s festivities.
To schedule the programming
To schedule the programming; to determine what will be broadcast.
- We program for special audience groups, too, as shown by our Mexican language program each Sunday morning.
To cause to automatically behave in a particular way.
- The lab rat was programmed to press the lever when the bell rang.
The neighborhood
- synonymapplicationsoftware application
- synonymcomputer program
- neighborspace program
- neighborlatchkey program
- neighborsubprogram
Derived
antiprogram, apparatus program, application program, applications program, authoring program, bioprogram, computer program, counterprogram, deprogram, developer program, dividend reinvestment program, exit program, get with the program, interprogram, Langlands program, metaprogram, microprogram, misprogram, multiprogram, nonprogram, not with the program, outprogram, overprogram, preprogram, programable, program cabinet, program committee, program counter, program evaluation and review technique, program evaluation review technique, program guide, programless, programme block, program music, program slicer, program trading, programwide, reprogram, superprogram, sustaining program · +13 more
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at program. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at program. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
9 hops · closes at program
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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