programming
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English
Etymology
By surface analysis, program + -ing.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɹəʊɡɹəmɪŋ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpɹoʊɡɹæmɪŋ/
Audio (US): (file) - Hyphenation: pro‧gram‧ming
Noun
programming (usually uncountable, plural programmings)
- (broadcasting) The designing, scheduling or planning of a radio or television program/programme.
- The network changed its programming to mess with DVRs again.
- The design and scheduling of a performance such as ballet.
- 2000, Dance Reviews, page 218:
- Now it has become a regular part of City Ballet's programming this season.
- (computing) The act of writing a computer program.
- Management wanted to know how much programming the project would need.
- The software that controls a machine, or the logic expressed in such software; operating instructions.
- A robot's programming doesn't allow for love.
- Brain-washing.
- (psychology) A conditioned response.
- 2016, David R. Hawkins, The Eye of the I: From Which Nothing is Hidden, page 142:
- Together with this is the influence of an infinite number of neurotransmitters, neurohormones, environmental hazards, and accidental programmings.
Hyponyms
Derived terms
- application programming interface
- aspect-oriented programming
- aspect-oriented programming language
- class-based programming
- contract programming
- dataflow programming
- declarative programming
- defensive programming
- dynamic programming
- esoteric programming language
- event-based programming
- event-driven programming
- extreme programming
- functional programming
- generic programming
- genetic programming
- imperative programming
- linear programming
- literate programming
- logic programming
- metaprogramming
- mob programming
- neuro-linguistic programming
- object-based programming
- object oriented programming
- object-oriented programming
- pair programming
- programming by contract
- programming interface
- programming in the large
- programming in the small
- programming language
- programming socks
- prototype-based programming
- prototype-oriented programming
- reactive programming
- return-oriented programming
- skeleton programming
- social programming
- structured programming
- systems programming
- tacit programming
- user-programming
- visual programming language
- voodoo programming
Translations
broadcasting: designing, scheduling, or planning of a radio or TV program
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brain-washing — see brain-washing
act of writing a computer program
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software
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Verb
programming
- present participle and gerund of program
- present participle and gerund of programme
- I was programming a new module for the software package.
- He was programming the VCR.
See also
Further reading
programming on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
