programming

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Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈpɹəʊɡɹəmɪŋ/
• (GA) IPA: /ˈpɹoʊɡɹæmɪŋ/

Noun

programming (uncountable)

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 expressed in such software; operating instructions.

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

Translations

• French: programmation
• German: Programmierung, Programmieren
• Italian: programmazione
• Portuguese: programação
• Russian: программи́рование
• Spanish: programación

Verb

1. present participle of program#English|program
2. present participle of programme#English|programme

   I was programming a new module for the software package.

   He was programming the VCR.

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