program
Pronunciation: /ˈpɹəʊ̯ˌɡɹæm/
The English word “program” has 12 meanings listed here.
noun
- A set of structured activities; a plan of action.
- A leaflet listing information about a play, game or other activity.
- A set of principal goals which someone, especially a political party or candidate, supports.
- A performance of a show or other broadcast on radio or television.
- A computer program.
- A particular mindset or method of doing things.
- A custom tracklist.
verb
- To enter a program or other instructions into (a computer or other electronic device) to instruct it to do a particular task.
- To develop (software) by writing program code.
- To put together the schedule of an event.
- To schedule the programming; to determine what will be broadcast.
- To cause to automatically behave in a particular way.
Etymology
Borrowed from French programme, from Late Latin programma (“a proclamation, edict”), from Ancient Greek πρόγραμμα (prógramma, “a written public notice, an edict”), from προγράφω (prográphō, “to set forth as a public notice”), from πρό (pró, “before”) + γράφω (gráphō, “to write”). Doublet of programma.
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