Program" : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Program	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for Program
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
program n a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished; "they drew up a six-step plan"; "they discussed plans for a new bond issue" Synonym(s): plan, program, programme a system of projects or services intended to meet a public need; "he proposed an elaborate program of public works"; "working mothers rely on the day care program" Synonym(s): program, programme a radio or television show; "did you see his program last night?" Synonym(s): broadcast, program, programme a document stating the aims and principles of a political party; "their candidate simply ignored the party platform"; "they won the election even though they offered no positive program" Synonym(s): platform, political platform, political program, program an announcement of the events that will occur as part of a theatrical or sporting event; "you can't tell the players without a program" Synonym(s): program, programme an integrated course of academic studies; "he was admitted to a new program at the university" Synonym(s): course of study, program, programme, curriculum, syllabus (computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute; "the program required several hundred lines of code" Synonym(s): program, programme, computer program, computer programme a performance (or series of performances) at a public presentation; "the program lasted more than two hours" Synonym(s): program, programme v arrange a program of or for; "program the 80th birthday party" Synonym(s): program, programme write a computer program Synonym(s): program, programme
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Program \Pro"gram\, n. Same as {Programme}.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
program n. 1. A magic spell cast over a computer allowing it to turn one's input into error messages. 2. An exercise in experimental epistemology. 3. A form of art, ostensibly intended for the instruction of computers, which is nevertheless almost inevitably a failure if other programmers can't understand it.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
program {software}