programming
//ˈpɹəʊɡɹəmɪŋ//
Forms
- Plural
- programmings
Definitions
1.The designing, scheduling or planning of a radio or television program/programme.
- The network changed its programming to mess with DVRs again.
2.The design and scheduling of a performance such as ballet.
- Now it has become a regular part of City Ballet's programming this season.
3.The act of writing a computer program.
- Management wanted to know how much programming the project would need.
4.The software that controls a machine, or the logic expressed in such software; operating instructions.
- A robot's programming doesn't allow for love.
1.present participle and gerund of program
2.present participle and gerund of programme
- I was programming a new module for the software package.
- He was programming the VCR.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4627
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
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Word family
Etymology
From program /programme + -ing.