program meaning

• Noun: program  prowgram
  1. A series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished
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  Verb: program (programmed,programming, or [US] programed,programing)  prowgram
  1. Arrange a program of or for
     "program the 80th birthday party"
     - programme [Brit, Cdn] 
  2. Write a computer program
     - programme [Brit, Cdn]

  Sounds like: programme

  Derived forms: programmed, programs, programed

  See also: programing [US], programmer

  Type of: announcement, computer software, create by mental act, create mentally, document, idea, info, information, package, papers, performance, promulgation, schedule, show, software, software package, software program, software system, system, system of rules, thought, written document

  Encyclopedia: Program

• 
  [Architecture]
  

  A statement prepared by or for an owner, with or without an architect's assistance, setting forth the conditions and objectives for a building project including its general purpose and detailed requirements, such as a complete listing of the rooms required, their sizes, special facilities, etc.

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  [Business]
  AmE / noun, verb

  ■ noun [C]

  APPLICATION PROGRAM, WELLNESS PROGRAM

  1 (IT ) (also computer program)

  a set of instructions in code that control the operations or functions of a computer:

  Load the program into the computer.

  ❖ to load/download/install/uninstall a program

  ◆ to run/design/develop/execute/use/write a program

  2 (AmE) = PROGRAMME

  ■ verb (-mm-, AmE also -m-)

  1 (IT ) [+ obj or no obj]

  to give a computer, etc. a set of instructions to make it perform a particular task:

  The company trained her to program.

  The printer can be programmed to handle any font.

  2 (AmE) = PROGRAMME

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  [Electronics]
  1. In computer operations, a detailed sequence of instructions representing an algorithm
  (the necessary steps in solving a problem) that can be implemented by a computer.
  2. The content of a radio or television broadcast during a specified period of time.
  3. In audio recording, the composite output from the mixer, used to make the master tape or disc.
  

[Medicine]
or chiefly Brit pro·gramme n : a sequence of coded instructions (as genes or behavioral responses) that is part of an organism
or chiefly Brit programme vt -grammed or -gramed; -gram·ming or -gram·ing
1 : to code in an organism's program
2 : to provide with a biological program ‹cells programmed to synthesize hemoglobin›

• 
  [Computer]
  <programming> (Or "computer program", "program", "code") The instructions executed by a computer, as opposed to the physical device on which they run (the "hardware").
  
  The term was coined by the eminent statistician, John Tukey.
  
  Programs stored on non-volatile storage built from integrated circuits (e.g. ROM or PROM) are usually called firmware.
  
  Software can be split into two main types - system software and application software or application programs. System software is any software required to support the production or execution of application programs but which is not specific to any particular application. Examples of system software would include the operating system, compilers, editors and sorting programs.
  
  Examples of application programs would include an accounts package or a CAD program. Other broad classes of application software include real-time software, business software, scientific and engineering software, embedded software, personal computer software and artificial intelligence software.
  
  Software includes both source code written by humans and executable machine code produced by assemblers or compilers. It does not usually include the data processed by programs unless this is in a format such as multimedia which depends on the use of computers for its presentation. This distinction becomes unclear in cases such as spread sheets which can contain both instructions (formulae and macros) and data. There are also various intermediate compiled or semi-compiled, forms of software such as library files and byte-code.
  
  Some claim that documentation (both paper and electronic) is also software. Others go further and define software to be programs plus documentation though this does not correspond with common usage.
  
  The noun "program" describes a single, complete and more-or-less self-contained list of instructions, often stored in a single file, whereas "code" and "software" are uncountable nouns describing some number of instructions which may constitute one or more programs or part thereof. Most programs, however, rely heavily on various kinds of operating system software for their execution. The nounds "code" and "software" both refer to the same thing but "code" tends to suggest an interest in the implementation details whereas "software" is more of a user's term.

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Examples

1. the program scored a real hit with the public.
2. the programs are financed by advertising.
3. the grower can modify his cultural program.
4. the new tax program is now over the hill.
5. this procedure is called program documentation.