PROGRAM (programmed, programmes, programming)

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does program mean? 

• PROGRAM (noun)
  The noun PROGRAM has 8 senses:

1. a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished

2. a system of projects or services intended to meet a public need

3. a radio or television show

4. a document stating the aims and principles of a political party

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

6. an integrated course of academic studies

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

8. a performance (or series of performances) at a public presentation

  Familiarity information: PROGRAM used as a noun is common.

• PROGRAM (verb)
  The verb PROGRAM has 2 senses:

1. arrange a program of or for

2. write a computer program

  Familiarity information: PROGRAM used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PROGRAM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

plan; program; programme

Context example:

they discussed plans for a new bond issue

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

idea; thought (the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "program"):

audit program; audit programme (a listing of audit procedures to be performed in completing an audit)

budget (a summary of intended expenditures along with proposals for how to meet them)

stock purchase plan (an organized plan for employees of a company to buy shares of its stock)

guideline; road map (a detailed plan or explanation to guide you in setting standards or determining a course of action)

employee savings plan (a plan that allows employees to contribute to an investment pool managed the employer)

pension 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 retirement)

agenda; docket; schedule (a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to)

project; projection (a planned undertaking)

regime; regimen ((medicine) a systematic plan for therapy (often including diet))

plan of action (a plan for actively doing something)

blueprint; design; pattern (something intended as a guide for making something else)

master plan (a long-term outline of a project or government function)

outline; schema; scheme (a schematic or preliminary plan)

Derivation:

program (arrange a program of or for)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

program; programme

Context example:

working mothers rely on the day care program

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

system; system of rules (a complex of methods or rules governing behavior)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "program"):

tax policy; tax program (a program for setting taxes)

works program (a program to provide jobs on public works paid for by government funds)

Superfund; 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)

rehabilitation program (a program for restoring someone to good health)

space program (a technological program intended to explore outer space)

educational program (a program for providing education)

defence policy; defence program; defense policy; defense program (a program for defending a country against its enemies)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A radio or television show

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

broadcast; program; programme

Context example:

did you see his program last night?

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

show (a social event involving a public performance or entertainment)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "program"):

chat show; talk show (a program during which well-known people discuss a topic or answer questions telephoned in by the audience)

sustaining program (a program without a commercial sponsor)

episode; installment; instalment (a part of a broadcast serial)

serial; series (a serialized set of programs)

game show; giveaway (a television or radio program in which contestants compete for awards)

television program; television show; TV program; TV show (a program broadcast by television)

rerun (a program that is broadcast again)

news; news program; news show (a program devoted to current events, often using interviews and commentary)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A document stating the aims and principles of a political party

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

platform; political platform; political program; program

Context example:

they won the election even though they offered no positive program

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

document; papers; written document (writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature))

Meronyms (parts of "program"):

plank (an endorsed policy in the platform of a political party)

Sense 5

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

program; programme

Context example:

you can't tell the players without a program

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

announcement; promulgation (a public statement containing information about an event that has happened or is going to happen)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "program"):

playbill (a theatrical program)

racecard (a program for a race meeting; lists the races and the names of the horses)

Sense 6

Meaning:

An integrated course of academic studies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

course of study; curriculum; program; programme; syllabus

Context example:

he was admitted to a new program at the university

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

info; information (a message received and understood)

Meronyms (parts of "program"):

course of lectures (a series of lectures dealing with a subject)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "program"):

crash course; crash program; crash programme (a rapid and intense course of training or research (usually undertaken in an emergency))

reading program (a program designed to teach literacy skills)

degree program (a course of study leading to an academic degree)

Sense 7

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

computer program; computer programme; program; programme

Context example:

the program required several hundred lines of code

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

computer software; package; software; software package; software program; software system ((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)

Meronyms (parts of "program"):

function; procedure; routine; subprogram; subroutine (a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program)

command; instruction; program line; statement ((computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program)

Domain category:

computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "program"):

relocatable program (a program that can be located in different parts of memory at different times)

reusable program (a program that can be loaded once and executed repeatedly)

Web Map Server; Web Map Service (a computer program that produces maps of spatially referenced data dynamically from geographic information)

search 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 environment)

spider; 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 engine)

spreadsheet (a screen-oriented interactive program enabling a user to lay out financial data on the screen)

stored program (a program that is stored in the memory of the computer that executes it)

executive program; supervisor; supervisory program (a program that controls the execution of other programs)

syntax checker (a program to check natural language syntax)

system 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 computer)

text-matching (a computer program that looks for text that matches a given text)

translating program; translator (a program that translates one programming language into another)

service program; utility; utility program ((computer science) a program designed for general support of the processes of a computer)

LISP program (a program written in LISP)

FORTRAN program (a program written in FORTRAN)

C program (a program written in C)

monitor program; monitoring program (a program that observes and regulates and controls or verifies the operations of a data-processing system)

parser (a computer program that divides code up into functional components)

anti-virus program (a computer program that checks a computer for viruses and prevents their spread)

application; application program; applications programme (a program that gives a computer instructions that provide the user with tools to accomplish a task)

binary; binary program (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)

loop (a computer program that performs a series of instructions repeatedly until some specified condition is satisfied)

malevolent program (a computer program designed to have undesirable or harmful effects)

patch (a short set of commands to correct a bug in a computer program)

assembler; assembly program (a program to convert assembly language into machine language)

checking program (a program that examines other computer programs for syntax errors)

debugger (a program that helps in locating and correcting programming errors)

interface; user 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 system)

interpreter; interpretive program ((computer science) a program that translates and executes source language statements one line at a time)

job control (a program that is called to prepare each job to be run)

library program (a program in a program library)

object program; target program (a fully compiled or assembled program ready to be loaded into the computer)

source program (a program written in a language from which statements are translated into machine language)

tagger; tagging program (a computer program that attaches labels to the grammatical constituents of textual matter)

compiler; compiling program ((computer science) a program that decodes instructions written in a higher order language and produces an assembly language program)

Derivation:

program (write a computer program)

Sense 8

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

program; programme

Context example:

the program lasted more than two hours

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

performance (the act of presenting a play or a piece of music or other entertainment)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "program"):

bill (the entertainment offered at a public presentation)

• PROGRAM (verb)

Conjugation:

Sense 1

Meaning:

Arrange a program of or for

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

program; programme

Context example:

program the 80th birthday party

Hypernyms (to "program" is one way to...):

schedule (make a schedule; plan the time and place for events)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

program (a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished)

programing (setting an order and time for planned events)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Write a computer program

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

program; programme

Hypernyms (to "program" is one way to...):

create by mental act; create mentally (create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands)

Domain category:

computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "program"):

hack; hack on (fix a computer program piecemeal until it works)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

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

programing (creating a sequence of instructions to enable the computer to do something)

programmer (a person who designs and writes and tests computer programs)

 Context examples 

Among the most important areas to watch are your computer programs.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Through Cancer Center Support grants, this program supports three types of centers: Comprehensive Cancer Centers, Clinical Cancer Centers, and Cancer Centers.

(National Cancer Institute Cancer Centers Program, NCI Thesaurus)

A monoclonal antibody directed against B7H1 (B7 homolog 1; programmed cell death ligand 1) with potential immunostimulating activity.

(Anti-B7H1 Monoclonal Antibody MEDI4736, NCI Thesaurus)

An Fc-fusion protein containing a ligand of programmed death-1 (PD-1), with potential immunomodulating and antineoplastic activity.

(Anti-PD-1 Fusion Protein AMP-224, NCI Thesaurus)

The RIPK1 gene encodes for the RIPK1 protein, which is involved in the body’s response to inflammation and programmed cell death.

(Researchers discover new autoinflammatory disease and uncover its biological cause, National Institutes of Health)

Anti-PD-L1 monoclonal antibody MPDL3280A binds to PD-L1, blocking its binding to and activation of its receptor, PD-1 (programmed death 1), which may enhance the T-cell-mediated immune response to neoplasms and reverse T-cell inactivation.

(Anti-PD-L1 Monoclonal Antibody MPDL3280A, NCI Thesaurus)

A monoclonal antibody directed against the human programmed cell death 1 (PD-1) protein, with potential immunomodulating and antineoplastic activity.

(Anti-PD-1 Monoclonal Antibody AMP-514, NCI Thesaurus)

Indicates that a person has received a degree from a 2 year college program.

(Associate Academic Degree Completion, NCI Thesaurus)

This ultimately induces programmed cell death.

(Amsacrine Lactate, NCI Thesaurus)

DCLG members will interact directly with the scientific community at NCI on a wide range of programs and issues.

(NCI Director's Consumer Liaison Group, NCI Thesaurus)