"program" | Definition and Related Words

program

Noun

A series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished (synset 105907175)
"they drew up a six-step plan"; "they discussed plans for a new bond issue"

is a type of: idea, thought - the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
subtypes:
- audit program, audit programme - a listing of audit procedures to be performed in completing an audit
- outline, schema, scheme - a schematic or preliminary plan
- master plan - a long-term outline of a project or government function
- blueprint, design, pattern - something intended as a guide for making something else
- plan of action - a plan for actively doing something
- regime, regimen - (medicine) a systematic plan for therapy (often including diet)
- project, projection - a planned undertaking
- agenda, docket, schedule - a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to
- pension account, pension plan, retirement account, retirement plan, retirement program, retirement savings account, retirement savings plan - a plan for setting aside money to be spent after retirement
- employee savings plan - a plan that allows employees to contribute to an investment pool managed the employer
- guideline, road map - a detailed plan or explanation to guide you in setting standards or determining a course of action
- stock purchase plan - an organized plan for employees of a company to buy shares of its stock
- budget - a summary of intended expenditures along with proposals for how to meet them
same as: plan, programme
A system of projects or services intended to meet a public need (synset 105907694)
"he proposed an elaborate program of public works"; "working mothers rely on the day care program"

is a type of: system, system of rules - a complex of methods or rules governing behavior
subtypes:
- defence policy, defence program, defense policy, defense program - a program for defending a country against its enemies
- educational program - a program for providing education
- rehabilitation program - a program for restoring someone to good health
- space program - a technological program intended to explore outer space
- superfund, superfund program - the federal government's program to locate and investigate and clean up the worst uncontrolled and abandoned toxic waste sites nationwide; administered by the Environmental Protection Agency
- tax policy, tax program - a program for setting taxes
- works program - a program to provide jobs on public works paid for by government funds
same as: programme
A radio or television show (synset 106631935)
"did you see his program last night?"

is a type of: show - a social event involving a public performance or entertainment
subtypes:
- news, news program, news show - a program devoted to current events, often using interviews and commentary
- rerun - a program that is broadcast again
- chat show, talk show - a program during which well-known people discuss a topic or answer questions telephoned in by the audience
- television program, television show, tv program, tv show - a program broadcast by television
- game show, giveaway - a television or radio program in which contestants compete for awards
- serial, series - a serialized set of programs
- episode, installment, instalment - a part of a broadcast serial
- sustaining program - a program without a commercial sponsor
same as: broadcast, programme
A document stating the aims and principles of a political party (synset 106513302)
"their candidate simply ignored the party platform"; "they won the election even though they offered no positive program"

is a type of: document, papers, written document - writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)

has: plank - an endorsed policy in the platform of a political party

same as: platform, political platform, political program
An announcement of the events that will occur as part of a theatrical or sporting event (synset 106761180)
"you can't tell the players without a program"

is a type of: announcement, promulgation - a public statement containing information about an event that has happened or is going to happen
subtypes:
- playbill - a theatrical program
- racecard - a program for a race meeting; lists the races and the names of the horses
same as: programme
An integrated course of academic studies (synset 106689161)
"he was admitted to a new program at the university"

is a type of: info, information - a message received and understood
subtypes:
- crash course, crash program, crash programme - a rapid and intense course of training or research (usually undertaken in an emergency)
- reading program - a program designed to teach literacy skills
- degree program - a course of study leading to an academic degree
has: course of lectures - a series of lectures dealing with a subject

same as: course of study, curriculum, programme, syllabus
(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:
- function, procedure, routine, subprogram, subroutine - a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program
- command, instruction, program line, statement - (computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program
same as: computer program, computer programme, programme
A performance (or series of performances) at a public presentation (synset 100552252)
"the program lasted more than two hours"

is a type of: performance - the act of presenting a play or a piece of music or other entertainment

subtypes: bill - the entertainment offered at a public presentation

same as: programme

Verb

Arrange a program of or for (synset 200796926)
"program the 80th birthday party"

is a type of: schedule - make a schedule; plan the time and place for events

same as: programme
Write a computer program (synset 201751525)
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: create by mental act, create mentally - create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands

subtypes: hack, hack on - fix a computer program piecemeal until it works

same as: programme

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