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preˈprogram, v.
Also preprogramme.
[pre- A. 1.]
trans. To program (a computer or calculator) beforehand. Also transf. and fig. So preˈprogrammed ppl. a., preˈprogramming vbl. n. (U.S. also -gramed, -graming).
1964Economist 16 May 746/2 Ships operated entirely by pre-programmed computer are practicable. 1965H. Kahn On Escalation viii. 166 Deterioration in international relations will provoke a pre-programed crash defense program. 1970Computers & Humanities IV. 355 Produce a number of specific movies, then use the experience gained to develop appropriate software for combined interactive and preprogrammed modes of operation. 1971J. Z. Young Introd. Study Man p. viii, His brain may indeed be pre-programmed to operate in this way. 1973P. Evans Bodyguard Man xvii. 110 It was as though his thought-processes had been pre-programmed, as though this was a situation that he had foreseen. 1974Hawkey & Bingham Wild Card xv. 129 Because of the preprograming..all I have to do is transmit the starting instructions. 1977J. D. Douglas in Douglas & Johnson Existential Sociol. i. 60 Even the simplest of human activities, such as walking down the street, cannot be preprogrammed without danger of catastrophe. 1977Sci. Amer. Apr. 94/1 (Advt.), A series of preprogrammed hand-held calculators that virtually revolutionized numerical data processing.
Hence as n., an already existing program.
1971J. Z. Young Introd. Study Man p. vii, The whole structure of our language and thought is limited by a pre⁓programme in the organization of the brain. |