computer program

Noun
  1. (computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute (synset 106581154)
    "the program required several hundred lines of code"
    referred to in: computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures
    is a type of: computer software, package, software, software package, software program, software system - (computer science) written programs or procedures or rules and associated documentation pertaining to the operation of a computer system and that are stored in read/write memory
    subtypes:
    • anti-virus program - a computer program that checks a computer for viruses and prevents their spread
    • application, application program, applications programme - a program that gives a computer instructions that provide the user with tools to accomplish a task
    • binary, binary program - a pre-compiled, pre-linked program that is ready to run under a given operating system; a binary for one operating system will not run on a different operating system
    • loop - a computer program that performs a series of instructions repeatedly until some specified condition is satisfied
    • malevolent program - a computer program designed to have undesirable or harmful effects
    • patch - a short set of commands to correct a bug in a computer program
    • assembler, assembly program - a program to convert assembly language into machine language
    • checking program - a program that examines other computer programs for syntax errors
    • compiler, compiling program - (computer science) a program that decodes instructions written in a higher order language and produces an assembly language program
    • debugger - a program that helps in locating and correcting programming errors
    • interface, user interface - (computer science) a program that controls a display for the user (usually on a computer monitor) and that allows the user to interact with the system
    • interpreter, interpretive program - (computer science) a program that translates and executes source language statements one line at a time
    • job control - a program that is called to prepare each job to be run
    • library program - a program in a program library
    • monitor program, monitoring program - a program that observes and regulates and controls or verifies the operations of a data-processing system
    • object program, target program - a fully compiled or assembled program ready to be loaded into the computer
    • source program - a program written in a language from which statements are translated into machine language
    • parser - a computer program that divides code up into functional components
    • tagger, tagging program - a computer program that attaches labels to the grammatical constituents of textual matter
    • relocatable program - a program that can be located in different parts of memory at different times
    • reusable program - a program that can be loaded once and executed repeatedly
    • web map server, web map service - a computer program that produces maps of spatially referenced data dynamically from geographic information
    • search engine - a computer program that retrieves documents or files or data from a database or from a computer network (especially from the internet)
    • self-adapting program - a program that can change its performance in response to its environment
    • spider, wanderer - a computer program that prowls the internet looking for publicly accessible resources that can be added to a database; the database can then be searched with a search engine
    • spreadsheet - a screen-oriented interactive program enabling a user to lay out financial data on the screen
    • stored program - a program that is stored in the memory of the computer that executes it
    • executive program, supervisor, supervisory program - a program that controls the execution of other programs
    • syntax checker - a program to check natural language syntax
    • system program, systems program, systems software - a program (as an operating system or compiler or utility program) that controls some aspect of the operation of a computer
    • text-matching - a computer program that looks for text that matches a given text
    • translating program, translator - a program that translates one programming language into another
    • service program, utility, utility program - (computer science) a program designed for general support of the processes of a computer
    • lisp program - a program written in LISP
    • fortran program - a program written in FORTRAN
    • c program - a program written in C
    has:
    same as: computer programme, program, programme

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