Programming Definition

Contents

• 1 English
  • 1.1 Verb
  • 1.2 Noun
    • 1.2.1 Derived terms
    • 1.2.2 Translations
  • 1.3 See also

English

Verb

programming

1. Present participle of program.

   I was programming a new module for the software package.

   He was programming the VCR.

Noun

programming (plural programmings)

1. (broadcasting) The designing, scheduling or planning of a radio or television program / programme

   "The network changed its programming to mess with DVRs again."

2. brain-washing
3. (computing) The act of writing a computer program.

   "Management wanted to know how much programming the project would need."

4. The software that controls a machine, or the logic or expressed in such software; operating instructions

   A robot's programming doesn't allow for love.

Derived terms

• linear programming
• mathematical programming
• dynamic programming
• television programming
• radio programming
• broadcast programming
• computer programming
• functional programming
• logic programming
• genetic programming
• evolutionary programming

See also

• Appendix:Glossary of computer programming

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