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Definition: Programming |
ProgrammingNoun1. Setting an order and time for planned events. 2. Creating a sequence of instructions to enable the computer to do something. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "programming" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1985. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | Programming n. 1. The art of debugging a blank sheet of paper (or, in these days of on-line editing, the art of debugging an empty file). "Bloody instructions which, being taught, return to plague their inventor" ("Macbeth", Act 1, Scene 7) 2. A pastime similar to banging one's head against a wall, but with fewer opportunities for reward. 3. The most fun you can have with your clothes on. 4. The least fun you can have with your clothes off. Source: Jargon File. |
Economics | The determination of times in the future when specified tasks should be completed. Source: European Union. (references) |
Electrical Engineering | The control of a power supply parameter, such as output voltage, by means of a control element of a signal. Source: European Union. (references) |
Fine Arts | The planning or scheduling of a programme. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| AUTO PRO P S | English | Automatic programming for positioning systems | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: ProgrammingSynonyms: computer programing (n), computer programming (n), programing (n), scheduling (n). (additional references) |
| Synonyms by domain: programing (electrical engineeringeconomics). |
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Screenplays | Children's programming. (Clerks.; writing credit: Kevin Smith) It's against my programming to impersonate a deity. (Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi; writing credit: George Lucas; Lawrence Kasdan) | |
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Last Chance To See | Douglas Adams | I have a well-deserved reputation for being something of a gadget freak, and am rarely happier than when spending an entire day programming my computer to perform automatically a task that would otherwise take me a good ten seconds to do by hand. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | It features active case management and varying degrees of geriatric programming. (references) | |
Neural prostheses are complex and contain many intricate components, such as implantable stimulators, electrodes, leads and connectors, sensors, and programming systems. (references) | ||
There also is a lack of Federal guidelines to standardize residential care. State regulations vary widely regarding environmental, programming, and nursing care standards, with minimum staffing ratios ordinarily quite low. Although residential care settings vary in size from small private homes for up to 4 residents to large congregate care facilities for more than 100 residents, all offer assistance/care and share with residents the responsibilities for ADL's. (references) | ||
Business | Because of that, an increasing share of revenues for custom programming comes from abroad. (references) | |
Radio advertisements tend to be for the rural citizens, but programming and content are very limited. (references) | ||
The radio is completely controlled by the government and there is no competition for Western radio programming and content. (references) | ||
Children | Egypt | The Government also seeks to increase the public's awareness of the capabilities of persons with disabilities in television programming, the print media, and in educational material in public schools. (references) |
Civil Liberties | Bosnia and Herzegovina | The largest television broadcasters are Radio Television Bosnia and Herzegovina (RTV BiH) in the Federation and Radio Television of Republika Srpska (RTRS) in the RS. The international community launched the Open Broadcast Network (OBN) in 1997 as a cross-entity broadcaster and source of objective news and public affairs programming; however, because of massive financial problems, it lost most of its affiliates and staff. (references) |
Guinea | Although relatively few citizens can afford these services, entire neighborhoods are gaining access to foreign programming by stringing a network of cables to a single satellite dish. (references) | |
Economic History | Canada | Both networks broadcast on two channels, one with regular programming and one with all-news programming. (references) |
Colombia | They were formed in part to address U.S. concerns about the Colombian government's commitment to reducing copyright violations in the areas of television programming, records, books and software. (references) | |
Dominican Rep | Cable television is also available locally in larger towns and cities, and generally offers some U.S. and European programming. (references) | |
Minorities | Spain | The legislation also establishes minimum quotas for Catalan-language radio and television programming. (references) |
Political Economy | Malawi | The seven private radio stations experienced relative freedom in broadcasting international news and entertainment programming; however, the Government continued to control news coverage and editorial content at the state-owned Malawi Broadcasting Corporation's (MBC) two radio stations. (references) |
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) estimates that losses in the Dominican Republic due to theft of satellite-carried programming are one million dollars per year. (references) | |
Trade | France | The 1989 EU Broadcast Directive requiring a "majority proportion" of television programming to be of European origin was incorporated into French legislation on January 21, 1992. France specifies a percentage of European programming (60 percent) and French programming (40 percent). (references) |
Cyprus | These include the adoption in 1997 of a modern banking law, which conforms to the EU's directives for banking supervision, adoption of a modern patents law, as well as adoption of minimum EU programming requirements for television stations. (references) | |
Travel | Argentina | Buenos Aires has numerous local television channels that broadcast Spanish language programming. (references) |
Women | Cambodia | A media center produces and broadcasts programming on women's issues. (references) |
Worker Rights | France | While sexual exploitation of minors was already prohibited under the Penal Code, a loophole existed for minors between the ages of 15 and 18. Those charged under this new crime may face 10 years in prison and a fine of $180,000 (1,347,301 FF). The programming recommendations in the report are scheduled to be implemented in 2002. French and Belgian police have cooperated to dismantle Bulgarian prostitution networks. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Programming" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 83.01% of the time. "Programming" is used about 570 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 83.01% | 473 | 12,513 |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 16.81% | 96 | 33,456 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.18% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 570 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "programming": a Hardware Programming Language ♦ a Programming Language ♦ Ada Programming Support Environment ♦ Advanced Logical Programming Environments ♦ application Programming Interface ♦ applications Programming Interface ♦ applicative programming ♦ basic Programming Support ♦ business Application Programming Interface ♦ calendar Application Programming Interface ♦ cargo cult programming ♦ common ISDN Application Programming Interface ♦ computer programming ♦ concurrent Constraint Programming ♦ configuration programming ♦ constraint functional programming ♦ constraint Logic Programming ♦ definitional constraint programming ♦ distributed Logic Programming ♦ evolutionary programming ♦ executive Systems Programming Oriented Language ♦ experimental Programming Language ♦ Frobozz Magic Programming Language ♦ functional programming ♦ functional programming language ♦ generic programming ♦ generic Security Service Application Programming Interface ♦ genetic programming ♦ Genken Programming Language ♦ goal directed programming ♦ higher programming language ♦ integer programming ♦ intermediate Programming Language ♦ internet Server Application Programming Interface ♦ interpretive programming ♦ league for Programming Freedom ♦ linear programming ♦ Lisp Object Oriented Programming System ♦ literate programming ♦ logic programming ♦ macro programming ♦ mail Application Programming Interface ♦ mathematic programming ♦ mathematical Analysis without Programming ♦ mathematical programming ♦ messaging Application Programming Interface ♦ messaging Applications Programming Interface ♦ network programming ♦ Neurolinguistic Programming ♦ new Programming language ♦ nonlinear programming ♦ paradigms of AI Programming ♦ paranoid programming ♦ professional programming ♦ programming aid ♦ programming area ♦ programming error ♦ programming fluid ♦ programming hints ♦ programming language ♦ Programming Language 1 ♦ Programming Language for Microprocessors ♦ programming Language/Cornell ♦ programming Language/Systems ♦ Programming Languages ♦ Programming Languages and Compilers ♦ programming level ♦ programming utensils ♦ quadratic programming ♦ robot in programming mode ♦ rule oriented programming ♦ rule programming ♦ scheduling Application Programming Interface ♦ speech Application Programming Interface ♦ structured programming ♦ symbolic programming language ♦ system programming language ♦ systems programming ♦ task programming ♦ teach programming ♦ telephony Application Programming Interface ♦ tiered programming ♦ TRIGGERS Mind Programming System ♦ visual programming ♦ visual programming environment ♦ visual programming language ♦ voodoo programming. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "programming": programming-in-the-small. | |
Ending with "programming": re-programming. | |
Containing "programming": dynamic-programming-type, planning-programming-budgeting, planning-programming-budgeting-systems. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "programming"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | نشر (apply, be published, bear, braying, bring out, broadcast, circulate, diffusion, dispose, disseminate, distribute, edition, expand, extend, fudge, gazette, give out, hang out, insert in a newspaper, irradiate, issue, overspread, peddle, pervade, popularize, print, proclaim, promulgate, promulgation, propagation, publicize, publishing, put forth, put out, run, saw, sawing, sawn, scatter, shake out, sow, spread, sprinkle, strew, thrust, trephine, unfold, unroll, unwrap), تنظيم برنامج للسينما والأذاعة والتليفزيون, برمجة. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 编程 (programing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | programmering (programing, scheduling), udsendelsesbetegnelse, styring (actuation, actuator, attitude control, control, guidance, programing, regulation, steering). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | programmering, programmeren (program, programme), programmatie (programing, scheduling), verroosteren (programing, scheduling). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | ohjelmointi (programing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | programmation (programing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | programmierung (conditioning). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | προγραμματισμός (programing, scheduling). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | תכ ות. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | programozás. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | programmazione (planning, programing, scheduling). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 番組編成 , プレヤデス星団 (PD, Pleiades cluster, prelude, prerelease, probe, professional, program, program analyzer, program director, programmer, proxy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | プログラミング , ば"ぐみへ"せい. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | "로그램을 작성 (programing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ogrammingpray programação (schedule). (various references) инф)программировать программирование. (various references) programiranje. (various references) programación (programing, viewing). (various references) programmering. (various references) programlama, program yapımı. (various references) складання програми, програмування. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "programming": programmings. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "programming": counterprogramming, deprogramming, microprogramming, misprogramming, multiprogramming, overprogramming, preprogramming, reprogramming. (additional references) | |
Words containing "programming": counterprogrammings, microprogrammings, multiprogrammings. (additional references) | |
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"Programming" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: programing, Proguanin. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "programming" (pronounced prō"gra'ming) |
| 9 | p r ō" g r a' m i ng | programing, reprogramming. |
| 6 | -g r a' m i ng | diagraming. |
| 3 | -m i ng | acclaiming, affirming, aiming, alarming, arming, assuming, barnstorming, beaming, becoming, blaming, blooming, blossoming, bombing, booming, bottoming, brainstorming, brimming, calming, charming, claiming, climbing, combing, coming, condemning, confirming, conforming, consuming, cramming, damming, damning, daydreaming, deprogramming, dimming, disarming, disclaiming, dooming, dreaming, drumming, dumbing, embalming, exclaiming, farming, filming, firebombing, firming, flaming, foaming, forming, forthcoming, framing, fuming, gaming, gleaming, gloaming, grooming, harming, heartwarming, helming, hemming, homecoming, homing, humming, incoming, inflaming, informing, jamming, lambing, lemming, liming, looming, maiming, mainstreaming, misinforming, mushrooming, naming, nonperforming, numbing, oncoming, outperforming, overcoming, overwhelming, performing, plumbing, presuming, priming, proclaiming, ramming, reaffirming, rearming, reclaiming, redeeming, reforming, renaming, resuming, rhyming, roaming, rooming, scheming, screaming, seeming, shaming, shortcoming, skimming, slamming, slimming, squirming, steaming, stemming, storming, streaming, strumming, succumbing, summing, swarming, swimming, taming, teaming, teeming, terming, thumbing, timing, transforming, trimming, unassuming, unbecoming, upcoming, vacuuming, warming, welcoming, zooming. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-g-g-i-m-m-n-o-p-r-r" | |
-1 letter: programing. | |
-3 letters: armoring. | |
-4 letters: gamming, garring, gripman, grogram, groping, marring, parging, parring, pignora, program, ramming, ramping, rampion, roaming, roaring, romping. | |
-5 letters: ammino, arming, gaming, gammon, gaping, garron, goring, gringo, margin, marron, moping, morgan, oaring, onagri, origan, paging, paring, poring, raging, raping, raring, roping. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-g-g-i-m-m-n-o-p-r-r" | |
+1 letter: programmings. | |
+2 letters: deprogramming, misprograming, reprogramming. | |
+3 letters: misprogramming, preprogramming. | |
+4 letters: overprogramming. | |
+5 letters: microprogramming, multiprogramming. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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