n.
- a planned series of events.
▸a set of related measures or activities with a long-term aim.
- a sheet or booklet detailing items or performers at an event.
- a radio or television broadcast.
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(program)
a series of coded software instructions to control the operation of a computer or other machine.
v.
(programmes or programs, programming, programmed; US programs, programing, programed)
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(program)
provide (a computer or other machine) with a program.
▸input (instructions) into a computer or other machine.
- cause to behave in a predetermined way.
- arrange according to a plan or schedule.
▸plan; schedule.
Phrase
- get with the program
N. Amer. informal become aware of the realities of a situation.
Derivative
- programmability n.
- programmable adj.
- programmer n.
Etymology
C17: via late L. from Gk programma, from prographein ‘write publicly’, from pro ‘before’ + graphein ‘write’.