programmingnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈprəʊ.ɡræm.ɪŋ/us/ˈproʊ.ɡræm.ɪŋ/B2 the activity or job of writing computer programs
Examples
- He has a degree in computer programming.
- C++ is a common object-oriented programming language.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Computer programming & software
- abandonware
- ad-blocker
- ad-blocking
- adware
- alpha
- analytics
- backup software
- CD-RW
- compile
- killer app
- lisp
- LMS
- low-level language
- macro
- mashup
- patch
- shortcut
- systems analyst
- virtual memory
- worm
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Examples from literature
- Mindless metal boxes, coldly following their programming to the end, robots are not to be trusted.