programmable

pro·gram  (prgrm, -grm)

n.

1.

a. A listing of the order of events and other pertinent information for a public presentation.

b. The presentation itself: a program of piano pieces.

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).

5.

a. A course of academic study; a curriculum.

b. A plan or system of academic and related or ancillary activities: a work-study program.

c. 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.

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[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.]

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pro·gramma·bili·ty n.

programma·ble adj.

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programmable, programable [prəʊˈgræməb^əl]

adj

(Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science) (esp of a device or operation) capable of being programmed for automatic operation or computer processing

programmability  n

Translations

programmable [prəʊˈgræməbl] ADJ → programable

programmable [prəʊˈgræməb^əl] adj → programmable

programmable

adj computer, device, oven etc → programmierbar