transcription, транскрипция: [ proʊgræm ]
( programs, programming, programmed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
A program is a set of instructions that a computer follows in order to perform a particular task. ( COMPUTING )
The chances of an error occurring in a computer program increase with the size of the program.
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2.
When you program a computer, you give it a set of instructions to make it able to perform a particular task. ( COMPUTING )
He programmed his computer to compare all the possible combinations.
...45 million people, about half of whom can program their own computers.
...a computer programmed to translate a story given to it in Chinese.
VERB : V n to-inf , V n , V-ed
• pro‧gram‧ming
...programming skills...
...the concepts of programming.
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3.
see also programme