programmable
A calculator that allows the user to write programs.
Adjective
- Capable of being programmed.
- This enables programmable tensiometry and fluid movement while insuring efficient energy transfer to the in-wheel electrostatic nanomotors. - 2007 November 11, Phil Patton, “Far Out: Studios Imagine Smart Cars for a...
Origin
Etymology tree English program Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English programmable From program + -able.
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EPROM erasable programmable logic device field-programmable gate array microprogrammable multiprogrammable nonprogrammable programmability programmable logic array programmable logic controller programmable matter programmable read-only memory programmable read only memory unprogrammable
Noun
- A calculator that allows the user to write programs.
- Most of the important decision-making functions found on computers are available on TI programmables: Looping. Branching. Flags. Sub-routines. Yet there's no special language to learn. - 1974, The Michigan Technic,...