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P0585400 (prō′grăm′, -grəm)n.1. a. A listing of the order of events and other pertinent information for a public presentation.b. The presentation itself: a program of piano pieces.2. A scheduled radio or television show.3. An ordered list of events to take place or procedures to be followed; a schedule: a program of physical therapy for a convalescent.4. A system of services, opportunities, or projects, usually designed to meet a social need: "Working parents rely on the center's after-school latchkey program" (New York Times).5. a. A course of academic study; a curriculum.b. A plan or system of academic and related or ancillary activities: a work-study program.c. A plan or system of nonacademic extracurricular activities: the football program.6. A set of coded instructions that enables a machine, especially a computer, to perform a desired sequence of operations.7. An instruction sequence in programmed instruction.8. a. All or part of the genetic code of a cell or organism.b. A characteristic sequence of developmental or behavioral events in a cell or organism, often considered to result from the expression of genes.c. A stimulus or training sequence that causes an organism to exhibit a behavior, as by conditioning.tr.v. pro·grammed, pro·gram·ming, pro·grams or pro·gramed or pro·gram·ing 1. To include or schedule in a program: program a new musical composition.2. To design a program for; schedule the activities of.3. To provide (a machine) with a set of coded working instructions.4. To stimulate or train to perform automatically in a specified way: consumers who have been programmed to buy brand names.5. To prepare an instructional sequence for (material to be taught) in programmed instruction.6. a. To provide (a cell or organism, for example) with a genetic program: cells that are programmed to produce insulin.b. To cause (an effect or action) by means of a genetic program; determine genetically: "The basic housekeeping duties that a human and a yeast cell must perform are the same and are programmed by recognizably similar genes inherited from a common, single-celled ancestor" (Nicholas Wade).Idiom: get with the program To follow or conform to a set of guidelines or expectations.

[Late Latin programma, public notice, from Greek programma, programmat-, from prographein, to write publicly : pro-, forth; see pro-² + graphein, to write; see gerbh- in Indo-European roots.]

pro·gram′ma·bil′i·ty n.pro′gram′ma·ble adj.

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n (Computer Science) a sequence of coded instructions fed into a computer, enabling it to perform specified logical and arithmetical operations on datavb, -grams, -gramming, -grammed, -grammes, -gramming or -grammed1. (Computer Science) (tr) to feed a program into (a computer)2. (Computer Science) (tr) to arrange (data) into a suitable form so that it can be processed by a computer3. (Computer Science) (intr) to write a program

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n., v. -grammed -gramed, -gram•ming -gram•ing. n. 1. a plan of action to accomplish a specified end. 2. a schedule of activities, procedures, etc., to be followed. 3. a radio or television performance or production. 4. a list of items, pieces, performers, etc., in a musical, theatrical, or other entertainment. 5. an entertainment with reference to its pieces or numbers: a program of French songs. 6. a planned, coordinated group of activities, procedures, etc., often for a specific purpose: a drug rehabilitation program. 7. a prospectus or syllabus: a program of courses. 8. a sequence of instructions enabling a computer to perform a task; piece of software. v.t. 9. to schedule or establish as part of a program. 10. to provide a program for (a computer). 11. a. to insert or encode specific operating instructions into (a machine or apparatus). b. to insert (instructions) into a machine or apparatus. 12. to inculcate with attitudes, behavior patterns, or the like; condition: to program children to respect their elders. 13. to regulate or modify: Program your eating habits to eliminate sweets. v.i. 14. to plan or write a program. Also, esp. Brit.,pro′gramme.[1625–35; < Late Latin programma < Greek prógramma public notice in writing]pro′gram•ma•ble, adj. pro`gram•ma•bil′i•ty, n.

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(prō′grăm′)1. The set of steps, including the collection and processing of data and the presentation of results, that is necessary for a computer to solve a problem.2. The set of instructions that a computer must execute in carrying out these steps.Did You Know? When you program a VCR, you are making a set of instructions that tell the VCR what to do. Similarly, when programmers write computer programs, they are creating a set of instructions that make a computer perform particular tasks or functions. Modern programs are typically created on a computer in a special program called an application development environment. This program includes a blank screen and various methods for adding words, pictures, and buttons to the screen. Using an artificial language consisting of a set of words and grammatical rules for stringing them together, the programmer writes instructions describing what the program will do when the user enters a command or clicks on a button, for example. The application development environment stores the programmer's instructions and translates them into instructions that the computer can understand and perform.

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A programme is a plan which has been developed for a particular purpose.

The company has begun a major new research programme.

This word is spelled program in American English.

There has been a lot of criticism of the nuclear power program.

A television or radio programme is a single broadcast, for example a play, discussion, or show.

I watched a programme on education.

This word, too, is spelled program in American English.

This is mom's favorite TV program.

A computer program is a set of instructions that a computer uses to perform a particular operation. This word is spelled program in both British and American English.

It's important to have an anti-virus program on your computer.There must be a bug in the program.

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Past participle: programmed
Gerund: programming

Imperative
program
program

Present
I program
you program
he/she/it programs
we program
you program
they program

Preterite
I programmed
you programmed
he/she/it programmed
we programmed
you programmed
they programmed

Present Continuous
I am programming
you are programming
he/she/it is programming
we are programming
you are programming
they are programming

Present Perfect
I have programmed
you have programmed
he/she/it has programmed
we have programmed
you have programmed
they have programmed

Past Continuous
I was programming
you were programming
he/she/it was programming
we were programming
you were programming
they were programming

Past Perfect
I had programmed
you had programmed
he/she/it had programmed
we had programmed
you had programmed
they had programmed

Future
I will program
you will program
he/she/it will program
we will program
you will program
they will program

Future Perfect
I will have programmed
you will have programmed
he/she/it will have programmed
we will have programmed
you will have programmed
they will have programmed

Future Continuous
I will be programming
you will be programming
he/she/it will be programming
we will be programming
you will be programming
they will be programming

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been programming
you have been programming
he/she/it has been programming
we have been programming
you have been programming
they have been programming

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been programming
you will have been programming
he/she/it will have been programming
we will have been programming
you will have been programming
they will have been programming

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been programming
you had been programming
he/she/it had been programming
we had been programming
you had been programming
they had been programming

Conditional
I would program
you would program
he/she/it would program
we would program
you would program
they would program

Past Conditional
I would have programmed
you would have programmed
he/she/it would have programmed
we would have programmed
you would have programmed
they would have programmed

program

A list of instructions telling a computer what to do.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	program - a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished; "they drew up a six-step plan"; "they discussed plans for a new bond issue"plan, programmeidea, thought - the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about; "it was not a good idea"; "the thought never entered my mind"audit program, audit programme - a listing of audit procedures to be performed in completing an auditschema, outline, scheme - a schematic or preliminary planmaster plan - a long-term outline of a project or government function; "the zoning board adopted a master plan for the new development"blueprint, design, pattern - something intended as a guide for making something else; "a blueprint for a house"; "a pattern for a skirt"plan of action - a plan for actively doing somethingregimen, regime - (medicine) a systematic plan for therapy (often including diet)project, projection - a planned undertakingagenda, schedule, docket - a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended topension account, pension plan, retirement account, retirement plan, retirement program, retirement savings account, retirement savings plan - a plan for setting aside money to be spent after retirementemployee savings plan - a plan that allows employees to contribute to an investment pool managed the employerroad map, guideline - a detailed plan or explanation to guide you in setting standards or determining a course of action; "the president said he had a road map for normalizing relations with Vietnam"stock purchase plan - an organized plan for employees of a company to buy shares of its stockbudget - a summary of intended expenditures along with proposals for how to meet them; "the president submitted the annual budget to Congress"
	2.	program - a system of projects or services intended to meet a public need; "he proposed an elaborate program of public works"; "working mothers rely on the day care program"programmesystem of rules, system - a complex of methods or rules governing behavior; "they have to operate under a system they oppose"; "that language has a complex system for indicating gender"defence policy, defence program, defense policy, defense program - a program for defending a country against its enemieseducational program - a program for providing educationrehabilitation program - a program for restoring someone to good healthspace program - a technological program intended to explore outer spaceSuperfund, Superfund program - the federal government's program to locate and investigate and clean up the worst uncontrolled and abandoned toxic waste sites nationwide; administered by the Environmental Protection Agency; "some have intimated that the Superfund's money may have turned into a political slush fund"tax policy, tax program - a program for setting taxesworks program - a program to provide jobs on public works paid for by government funds
	3.	program - a radio or television show; "did you see his program last night?"broadcast, programmeshow - a social event involving a public performance or entertainment; "they wanted to see some of the shows on Broadway"news program, news show, news - a program devoted to current events, often using interviews and commentary; "we watch the 7 o'clock news every night"rerun - a program that is broadcast again; "she likes to watch `I love Lucy' reruns"chat show, talk show - a program during which well-known people discuss a topic or answer questions telephoned in by the audience; "in England they call a talk show a chat show"television program, television show, TV program, TV show - a program broadcast by televisiongame show, giveaway - a television or radio program in which contestants compete for awardsserial, series - a serialized set of programs; "a comedy series"; "the Masterworks concert series"instalment, installment, episode - a part of a broadcast serialsustaining program - a program without a commercial sponsor
	4.	program - a document stating the aims and principles of a political party; "their candidate simply ignored the party platform"; "they won the election even though they offered no positive program"political platform, political program, platformdocument, papers, written document - writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)plank - an endorsed policy in the platform of a political party
	5.	program - an announcement of the events that will occur as part of a theatrical or sporting event; "you can't tell the players without a program"programmepromulgation, announcement - a public statement containing information about an event that has happened or is going to happen; "the announcement appeared in the local newspaper"; "the promulgation was written in English"playbill - a theatrical program; "he couldn't find her name on the playbill"racecard - a program for a race meeting; lists the races and the names of the horses
	6.	program - an integrated course of academic studies; "he was admitted to a new program at the university"course of study, curriculum, syllabus, programmecourse of lectures - a series of lectures dealing with a subjectinfo, information - a message received and understoodcrash course, crash program, crash programme - a rapid and intense course of training or research (usually undertaken in an emergency); "he took a crash course in Italian on his way to Italy"; "his first job was a crash course in survival and in learning how to get along with people"; "a crash programme is needed to create new jobs"reading program - a program designed to teach literacy skillsdegree program - a course of study leading to an academic degree
	7.	program - (computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute; "the program required several hundred lines of code"computer program, computer programme, programmecomputer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structuressoftware, software package, software program, software system, computer software, package - (computer science) written programs or procedures or rules and associated documentation pertaining to the operation of a computer system and that are stored in read/write memory; "the market for software is expected to expand"anti-virus program - a computer program that checks a computer for viruses and prevents their spreadapplication program, applications programme, application - a program that gives a computer instructions that provide the user with tools to accomplish a task; "he has tried several different word processing applications"binary program, binary - a pre-compiled, pre-linked program that is ready to run under a given operating system; a binary for one operating system will not run on a different operating system; "the same source code can be compiled to produce different binaries for different operating systems"loop - a computer program that performs a series of instructions repeatedly until some specified condition is satisfiedmalevolent program - a computer program designed to have undesirable or harmful effectspatch - a short set of commands to correct a bug in a computer programassembler, assembly program - a program to convert assembly language into machine languagechecking program - a program that examines other computer programs for syntax errorscompiling program, compiler - (computer science) a program that decodes instructions written in a higher order language and produces an assembly language programdebugger - a program that helps in locating and correcting programming errorsuser interface, interface - (computer science) a program that controls a display for the user (usually on a computer monitor) and that allows the user to interact with the systeminterpretive program, interpreter - (computer science) a program that translates and executes source language statements one line at a timejob control - a program that is called to prepare each job to be runlibrary program - a program in a program librarymonitor program, monitoring program - a program that observes and regulates and controls or verifies the operations of a data-processing systemobject program, target program - a fully compiled or assembled program ready to be loaded into the computersource program - a program written in a language from which statements are translated into machine languageparser - a computer program that divides code up into functional components; "compilers must parse source code in order to translate it into object code"tagging program, tagger - a computer program that attaches labels to the grammatical constituents of textual matterrelocatable program - a program that can be located in different parts of memory at different timesreusable program - a program that can be loaded once and executed repeatedlyWeb Map Server, Web Map Service - a computer program that produces maps of spatially referenced data dynamically from geographic informationsearch engine - a computer program that retrieves documents or files or data from a database or from a computer network (especially from the internet)self-adapting program - a program that can change its performance in response to its environmentspider, wanderer - a computer program that prowls the internet looking for publicly accessible resources that can be added to a database; the database can then be searched with a search enginespreadsheet - a screen-oriented interactive program enabling a user to lay out financial data on the screenstored program - a program that is stored in the memory of the computer that executes itexecutive program, supervisory program, supervisor - a program that controls the execution of other programssyntax checker - a program to check natural language syntaxsystem program, systems program, systems software - a program (as an operating system or compiler or utility program) that controls some aspect of the operation of a computertext-matching - a computer program that looks for text that matches a given text; "Google uses text-matching to find web pages containing a particular text"translating program, translator - a program that translates one programming language into anotherservice program, utility program, utility - (computer science) a program designed for general support of the processes of a computer; "a computer system provides utility programs to perform the tasks needed by most users"
	8.	program - a performance (or series of performances) at a public presentation; "the program lasted more than two hours"programmeperformance - the act of presenting a play or a piece of music or other entertainment; "we congratulated him on his performance at the rehearsal"; "an inspired performance of Mozart's C minor concerto"bill - the entertainment offered at a public presentation
Verb	1.	program - arrange a program of or for; "program the 80th birthday party"programmeschedule - make a schedule; plan the time and place for events; "I scheduled an exam for this afternoon"
	2.	program - write a computer programprogrammecomputer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structureshack on, hack - fix a computer program piecemeal until it works; "I'm not very good at hacking but I'll give it my best"create by mental act, create mentally - create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands

program

noun1. An organized list, as of procedures, activities, or events:agenda, calendar, docket, lineup, order of the day (often used in plural), schedule, timetable.2. A document, such as a list or an outline, that gives, for example, the order of events in a public performance or the chief features of a stock offering:bill, prospectus, syllabus.3. An official or prescribed plan or course of action:line, policy, procedure.verbTo enter on a schedule:schedule, slate.

Translations

为计算机编制程序程序编程计划

programme

(ˈprəugrӕm) (American) program noun1. (a booklet or paper giving the details of) the planned events in an entertainment etc. According to the programme, the show begins at 8.00.节目单2. a plan or scheme. a programme of reforms.计划3. (British and American usually ˈprogram) a set of data, instructions etc put into a computer. 程序ˈprogram verb – present participle ˈprogramming (American also ˈprograming): past tense, past participle ˈprogrammed (American also ˈprogramed) – to give information, instructions etc to (a machine, especially a computer, so that it can do a particular job). 为（计算机）编制程序 ˈprogrammer noun a person who prepares a program for a computer. 程序设计员

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program

(sometimes), programme a sequence of coded instructions fed into a computer, enabling it to perform specified logical and arithmetical operations on data

Program

A written document that defines the intended functions and uses of a building, or site, and is used to initiate and control an architectural design or preservation project.

Program

(1) A plan of activity or work.

(2) A statement of the basic concepts and goals of a political party (for example the Program of the CPSU), organization, or individual.

(3) A concise statement, or syllabus, describing the content of an academic course.

(4) An ordered sequence of actions for a computer that realizes an algorithm for the solution of a certain problem (see).

program

[′prō·grəm or ′prō‚gram] (aerospace engineering) In missile guidance, the planned flight path events to be followed by a missile in flight, including all the critical functions, preset in a program device, which control the behavior of the missile. (communications) A sequence of audio signals alone, or audio and video signals, transmitted for entertainment or information. (computer science) A detailed and explicit set of directions for accomplishing some purpose, the set being expressed in some language suitable for input to a computer, or in machine language. (industrial engineering) An undertaking of significant scope that is enduring rather than occurring within a limited time span.

program

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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program

(1) (verb) To write the lines of code in a program.

(2) (noun) A collection of instructions that tell the computer what to do. All programs are "software," while the programs users work with (word processor, spreadsheet, Web browser, etc.) are called "applications," "application programs" or simply "apps." The programs that control the computer (operating system, driver, etc.) are "system software." See application software and system software.

All programs are written in a programming language, such as C, C++ or Java, and the statements and commands written by the programmer are converted into the computer's machine language by software called "assemblers," "compilers" and "interpreters." See assembly language, compiler and interpreter.

Instructions, Buffers, Constants and Counters
A program contains machine instructions, buffers, constants and counters. The instructions are the directions that the computer follows, and they embody the program's logic. Buffers are reserved input/output areas that accept and hold the data while being processed.

Constants are fixed values used for comparison, such as minimums, maximums and dates. Menu titles and error messages are another type of constant. Counters, also called "variables," are reserved space for summing money amounts, quantities, virtually any calculations, including those necessary to keep track of internal operations, such as how many times a function is repeated.

Input-Process-Output
The program calls for data in an input-process-output sequence. After the data have been input into one of the program's buffers from a peripheral device (keyboard, disk, etc.), they are processed. The results are output to a peripheral device (screen, printer, etc.). Permanent changes are written back to the disk.

The Application Talks to the OS
The application program, which does the actual data processing, does not instruct the computer to do everything. When it is ready for input or needs to output data, it sends a request to the operating system (OS), which performs those services and then turns control back to the application program.

The Illustration Below
Following is a highly conceptual illustration of a program residing in memory being executed. In the physical reality of memory (RAM chips), everything is binary 0s and 1s.

Although represented as uniform, black blocks in the diagram, machine instructions can be variable in length. They reside in the program in some logical order with some instructions pointing back to the beginning of routines or to other parts of the program. When they erroneously point to the wrong places, the program crashes (see abend).

For an understanding of what the computer does to process data, read about The 3 C's: calculate, compare and copy (see computer).

Anatomy of a Program

A program is made up of "data" and "processing." Buffers hold incoming and outgoing data, counters accumulate totals, and constants are values used for comparison. The instructions are executed to process the data.

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noun an organized list, as of procedures, activities, or events

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noun a document, such as a list or an outline, that gives, for example, the order of events in a public performance or the chief features of a stock offering

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noun an official or prescribed plan or course of action

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verb to enter on a schedule

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noun a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished

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noun a system of projects or services intended to meet a public need

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noun a radio or television show

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noun a document stating the aims and principles of a political party

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noun an announcement of the events that will occur as part of a theatrical or sporting event

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noun an integrated course of academic studies

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noun (computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute

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noun a performance (or series of performances) at a public presentation

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verb arrange a program of or for

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verb write a computer program

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