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reˈprogram, reˈprogramme, v. [re- 5 a.] 1. trans. To program differently; to supply with a new program. Also transf. and fig.
1963[implied in reprogramming vbl. n. below]. 1964Ann. Reg. 1963 390 If any alteration had to be made to the map this could be done simply by re-programming the tape instead of having to redraw the map. 1972Listener 6 July 13/2 A small clockwork mouse..[has] been very fully wound up and pointed in a certain direction, but there doesn't seem to be any means of re-programming it on the way. 1973Publishers Weekly 18 June 9 (Advt.), Shows the hitherto unsuccessful dieter how to ‘reprogram’ himself for lifetime slimness. 1974News & Courier (Charleston, S. Carolina) 21 Apr. c10/2 The birds were taken from their nests as babies and were raised as pets. Ben David now is trying to reprogram the birds to fly free and kill to eat and live. 1977D. Ramsay You can't call it Murder i. 63 He resumed..questions. Bam, bam, bam. As if he were re⁓programming a computer. 2. To allocate to different spending programmes.
1971Hearings Comm. Armed Services, U.S. Senate 92nd Congress 1st Sess. (S. 939) iii. 2093 Fiscal year 1967 Navy funds were reprogramed to match maritime administration funds for program initiation. So ˈreprogramming vbl. n.; also reˈprogrammable a.
1963Rep. Comm. Inquiry Decimal Currency xiv. 138 in Parl. Papers 1962–3 (Cmnd. 2145) XI. 195 Ancillary machine costs:..re-programming of computers. 1971J. Z. Young Introd. Study Man xxii. 302 This reprogramming of the read-out of the DNA may serve to bring into play a new complex of enzyme systems. 1974Jrnl. Politics XXXVI. 77 One instrument for executive spending flexibility is ‘re⁓programming’ of funds within an appropriation. 1978Sci. Amer. Feb. 72/2 Since the machines are reprogrammable, it is feasible to apply them to the assembly of products manufactured in families of models. |