EXECUTIVE PROGRAM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does executive program mean? 

• EXECUTIVE PROGRAM (noun)
  The noun EXECUTIVE PROGRAM has 1 sense:

1. a program that controls the execution of other programs

  Familiarity information: EXECUTIVE PROGRAM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EXECUTIVE PROGRAM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A program that controls the execution of other programs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

executive program; supervisor; supervisory program

Hypernyms ("executive program" is a kind of...):

computer program; computer programme; program; programme ((computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute)

Meronyms (parts of "executive program"):

executive routine; supervisory routine (a routine that coordinates the operation of subroutines)

Holonyms ("executive program" is a part of...):

operating system; OS ((computer science) software that controls the execution of computer programs and may provide various services)