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pro·gram (pr  gr m , -gr m)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.
[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.]
pro·gramma·bili·ty n. programma·ble adj. |
program Noun a sequence of coded instructions which enables a computer to perform various tasks Verb [-gramming, -grammed] 1. to arrange (data) so that it can be processed by a computer 2. to feed a program into (a computer) programmer n
program (prgrm) A organized system of instructions and data interpreted by a computer. Programming instructions are often referred to as code. See more at source code, See also programming language. |
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms | Noun | 1. |  program - 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"idea, thought - the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about; "it was not a good idea"; "the thought never entered my mind" master plan - a long-term outline of a project or government function; "the zoning board adopted a master plan for the new development" blueprint, design, pattern - something intended as a guide for making something else; "a blueprint for a house"; "a pattern for a skirt" regimen, regime - (medicine) a systematic plan for therapy (often including diet) employee savings plan - a plan that allows employees to contribute to an investment pool managed the employer road map, guideline - a detailed plan or explanation to guide you in setting standards or determining a course of action; "the president said he had a road map for normalizing relations with Vietnam" budget - a summary of intended expenditures along with proposals for how to meet them; "the president submitted the annual budget to Congress" | | 2. |  program - 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"system of rules, system - a complex of methods or rules governing behavior; "they have to operate under a system they oppose"; "that language has a complex system for indicating gender" space program - a technological program intended to explore outer space Superfund, Superfund program - the federal government's program to locate and investigate and clean up the worst uncontrolled and abandoned toxic waste sites nationwide; administered by the Environmental Protection Agency; "some have intimated that the Superfund's money may have turned into a political slush fund" works program - a program to provide jobs on public works paid for by government funds | | 3. | program - a radio or television show; "did you see his program last night?"show - a social event involving a public performance or entertainment; "they wanted to see some of the shows on Broadway" news program, news show, news - a program devoted to current events, often using interviews and commentary; "we watch the 7 o'clock news every night" rerun - a program that is broadcast again; "she likes to watch `I love Lucy' reruns" chat show, talk show - a program during which well-known people discuss a topic or answer questions telephoned in by the audience; "in England they call a talk show a chat show" game show, giveaway - a television or radio program in which contestants compete for awards serial, series - a serialized set of programs; "a comedy series"; "the Masterworks concert series" | | 4. |  program - 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"plank - an endorsed policy in the platform of a political party | | 5. | program - 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"promulgation, announcement - a public statement containing information about an event that has happened or is going to happen; "the announcement appeared in the local newspaper"; "the promulgation was written in English" playbill - a theatrical program; "he couldn't find her name on the playbill" racecard - a program for a race meeting; lists the races and the names of the horses | | 6. | program - an integrated course of academic studies; "he was admitted to a new program at the university"crash course, crash program, crash programme - a rapid and intense course of training or research (usually undertaken in an emergency); "he took a crash course in Italian on his way to Italy"; "his first job was a crash course in survival and in learning how to get along with people"; "a crash programme is needed to create new jobs" | | 7. |  program - (computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute; "the program required several hundred lines of code"computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures anti-virus program - a computer program that checks a computer for viruses and prevents their spread binary program, binary - a pre-compiled, pre-linked program that is ready to run under a given operating system; a binary for one operating system will not run on a different operating system; "the same source code can be compiled to produce different binaries for different operating systems" loop - a computer program that performs a series of instructions repeatedly until some specified condition is satisfied patch - a short set of commands to correct a bug in a computer program checking program - a program that examines other computer programs for syntax errors compiling program, compiler - (computer science) a program that decodes instructions written in a higher order language and produces an assembly language program debugger - a program that helps in locating and correcting programming errors user interface, interface - (computer science) a program that controls a display for the user (usually on a computer monitor) and that allows the user to interact with the system job control - a program that is called to prepare each job to be run source program - a program written in a language from which statements are translated into machine language parser - a computer program that divides code up into functional components; "compilers must parse source code in order to translate it into object code" tagging program, tagger - a computer program that attaches labels to the grammatical constituents of textual matter relocatable program - a program that can be located in different parts of memory at different times search engine - a computer program that retrieves documents or files or data from a database or from a computer network (especially from the internet) spider, wanderer - a computer program that prowls the internet looking for publicly accessible resources that can be added to a database; the database can then be searched with a search engine spreadsheet - a screen-oriented interactive program enabling a user to lay out financial data on the screen stored program - a program that is stored in the memory of the computer that executes it text-matching - a computer program that looks for text that matches a given text; "Google uses text-matching to find web pages containing a particular text" | | 8. | program - a performance (or series of performances) at a public presentation; "the program lasted more than two hours"performance - the act of presenting a play or a piece of music or other entertainment; "we congratulated him on his performance at the rehearsal"; "an inspired performance of Mozart's C minor concerto" bill - the entertainment offered at a public presentation | | Verb | 1. | program - arrange a program of or for; "program the 80th birthday party"schedule - make a schedule; plan the time and place for events; "I scheduled an exam for this afternoon" | | 2. | program - write a computer programcomputer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures hack on, hack - fix a computer program piecemeal until it works; "I'm not very good at hacking but I'll give it my best" |
 Translationsprogram [ˈprəugræm] ( Comput) n → Programm nt
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