programming

The designing, scheduling or planning of a radio or television program/programme.

Noun

  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. - 2000, Dance Reviews, page 218:
  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.
  5. Brain-washing.
  6. A conditioned response.
    • Together with this is the influence of an infinite number of neurotransmitters, neurohormones, environmental hazards, and accidental programmings. - 2016, David R. Hawkins, The Eye of the I: From Which Nothing is...

Origin

From program /programme + -ing.

Forms

programmings programing

Hyponyms

answer set programming attribute-oriented programming broadcast programming cell-oriented programming computer programming data-driven programming reflective programming

Derived

application programming interface aspect-oriented programming aspect-oriented programming language class-based programming contract programming counterprogramming dataflow programming declarative programming defensive programming dynamic programming embeddable programming esoteric programming language event-based programming event-driven programming extreme programming functional programming generic programming genetic programming imperative programming linear programming literate programming logic programming macroprogramming metaprogramming

Verb

  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.

Forms

programing

Wikipedia

Programming