To program is to input data into a machine to cause it to do a certain thing, or to train a person or animal to behave or react a certain way.
(verb)The definition of a program is a planned series of events, a performance or a booklet telling you what events to expect as part of a series of events.
(noun)See program in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
Origin: < LL & Fr: Fr programme < LL programma < Gr, edict < prographein, to write in public < pro-, before + graphein, to write: see pro- & graphic
transitive verb programmed or programed, programming or programing
intransitive verb
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See program in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
Origin:
Origin: Late Latin programma, public notice
Origin: , from Greek programma, programmat-
Origin: , from prographein, to write publicly
Origin: : pro-, forth; see pro-2
Origin: + graphein, to write; see gerbh- in Indo-European roots
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