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PROGRAM
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Irregular inflected forms: programmed , programmes , programming
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A performance (or series of performances) at a public presentation
Example:
the program lasted more than two hours
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
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)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished
Example:
they discussed plans for a new bond issue
Synonyms:
plan; program; programme
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
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"):
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)
audit program; audit programme (a listing of audit procedures to be performed in completing an audit)
Derivation:
program (arrange a program of or for)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A system of projects or services intended to meet a public need
Example:
working mothers rely on the day care program
Synonyms:
program; programme
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
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"):
works program (a program to provide jobs on public works paid for by government funds)
tax policy; tax program (a program for setting taxes)
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)
space program (a technological program intended to explore outer space)
rehabilitation program (a program for restoring someone to good health)
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 4
Meaning:
A document stating the aims and principles of a political party
Example:
they won the election even though they offered no positive program
Synonyms:
platform; political platform; political program; program
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
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:
(computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute
Example:
the program required several hundred lines of code
Synonyms:
computer program; computer programme; program; programme
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
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"):
tagger; tagging program (a computer program that attaches labels to the grammatical constituents of textual matter)
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)
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)
compiler; compiling program ((computer science) a program that decodes instructions written in a higher order language and produces an assembly language program)
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)
monitor program; monitoring program (a program that observes and regulates and controls or verifies the operations of a data-processing system)
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)
parser (a computer program that divides code up into functional components)
Derivation:
program (write a computer program)
Sense 6
Meaning:
A radio or television show
Example:
did you see his program last night?
Synonyms:
broadcast; program; programme
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
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"):
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)
chat show; talk show (a program during which well-known people discuss a topic or answer questions telephoned in by the audience)
rerun (a program that is broadcast again)
news; news program; news show (a program devoted to current events, often using interviews and commentary)
Sense 7
Meaning:
An integrated course of academic studies
Example:
he was admitted to a new program at the university
Synonyms:
course of study; curriculum; program; programme; syllabus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
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 8
Meaning:
An announcement of the events that will occur as part of a theatrical or sporting event
Example:
you can't tell the players without a program
Synonyms:
program; programme
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
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)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they program ... he / she / it programs
Past simple: programed
Past participle: programed
-ing form: programing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Arrange a program of or for
Example:
program the 80th birthday party
Synonyms:
program; programme
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
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
Synonyms:
program; programme
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
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:
Induced or programmed clonal lymphocyte anergy is believed to be the second major mechanism (after clonal deletion) of the development of self tolerance by the immune system.
(Anergy, NCI Thesaurus)
It fulfills its mission to 'advance science and serve society' through initiatives in science policy; international programs; science education; and more.
(American Association for the Advancement of Science, NCI Thesaurus)
Observations with new and more capable technology can produce unexpected findings like MAMBO-9, said Joe Pesce, National Science Foundation program officer for ALMA and the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO).
(ALMA spots most distant dusty galaxy hidden in plain sight, National Science Foundation)
"This work begins to identify the molecular components of the plant immune system," says Gerald Schoenknecht, a program director in NSF's Division of Integrative Organismal Systems.
(New way to identify disease-resistant genes in chocolate-producing trees, National Science Foundation)
"This study provides a new perspective on the largest mass extinction event in Earth's history," said Dena Smith, a program director in NSF's Division of Earth Sciences.
(Mass extinction of land and sea biodiversity 250 million years ago not simultaneous, National Science Foundation)
Despite tremendous interest in microplastics, we are just beginning to understand the scale and effects of these ocean contaminants, said Dan Thornhill, a program director in NSF's Division of Ocean Sciences.
(Microplastics million times more abundant in the ocean than previously thought, National Science Foundation)
The three goals of the AREA program are: to support meritorious research, to strengthen the research environment of the institution, and to expose students to research.
(Academic Research Enhancement Awards (Area), NCI Thesaurus)
Programmed cell death is induced by many different factors and involves numerous signaling pathways, some dependent on caspase proteases and others that are caspase independent.
(AIF Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
ABTA has a special funding program for scientists sponsored by NIH, and sponsors a research study focusing on familial brain tumors.
(American Brain Tumor Association, NCI Thesaurus)
An associate's degree awarded to students who are permitted to relax some of the general education requirements in order to study more course work in their program area.
(Associate of Applied Science, NCI Thesaurus)
