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PROGRAM LINE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program
Synonyms:
command; instruction; program line; statement
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("program line" is a kind of...):
code; computer code ((computer science) the symbolic arrangement of data or instructions in a computer program or the set of such instructions)
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 line"):
call (an instruction that interrupts the program being executed)
command line (commands that a user types in order to run an application)
link ((computing) an instruction that connects one part of a program or an element on a list to another program or list)
macro; macro instruction (a single computer instruction that results in a series of instructions in machine language)
system error (an instruction that is either not recognized by an operating system or is in violation of the procedural rules)
toggle (any instruction that works first one way and then the other; it turns something on the first time it is used and then turns it off the next time)
Holonyms ("program line" is a part of...):
computer program; computer programme; program; programme ((computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute)
