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pro·gram·mer
or pro·gram·er (prō′grăm′ər)n.
One who programs, especially:
a. Computers One who writes computer programs.
b. One who prepares or writes instructional programs.
programmer
(ˈprəʊɡræmə) orprogramer
n
(Computer Science) a person who writes a program so that data may be processed by a computer
pro•gram•mer
or pro•gram•er
(ˈproʊ græm ər)n.
1. a person who programs or who is in charge of programming.
2. a person who programs a device, esp. one who writes computer programs.
[1885–90]
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| Noun | 1. |  programmer - a person who designs and writes and tests computer programscomputer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures applied scientist, engineer, technologist - a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems computer user - a person who uses computers for work or entertainment or communication or business cracker - a programmer who cracks (gains unauthorized access to) computers, typically to do malicious things; "crackers are often mistakenly called hackers" hacker - a programmer for whom computing is its own reward; may enjoy the challenge of breaking into other computers but does no harm; "true hackers subscribe to a code of ethics and look down upon crackers" cyberpunk, cyber-terrorist, hacker - a programmer who breaks into computer systems in order to steal or change or destroy information as a form of cyber-terrorism |
Translations
programátor-ka
programmør
ohjelmoija
programer
programozó
forritari
プログラマー
프로그래머
programistaprogramator
programátor
programmerare
นักเขียนโปรแกรมคอมพิวเตอร์
lập trình viên
programmer
n → Programmierer(in) m(f)
programmer
[ˈprəʊgræməʳ] n (Comput) → programmatore/triceprogramme
(ˈprəugrӕm) (American) program noun1. (a booklet or paper giving the details of) the planned events in an entertainment etc. According to the programme, the show begins at 8.00.
2. a plan or scheme. a programme of reforms.
3. (British and American usually ˈprogram) a set of data, instructions etc put into a computer.
ˈprogram verb – present participle ˈprogramming (American also ˈprograming): past tense, past participle ˈprogrammed (American also ˈprogramed) – to give information, instructions etc to (a machine, especially a computer, so that it can do a particular job).
ˈprogrammer noun a person who prepares a program for a computer.