programed

Variant of program

noun

  1. Obsolete
    1. a proclamation
    2. a prospectus or syllabus
    1. the acts, speeches, musical pieces, etc. that make up an entertainment, ceremony, etc.
    2. a printed list of these
  2. a scheduled broadcast on radio or television
  3. a plan or procedure for dealing with some matter
  4. all the activities that can be participated in at a community center, camp, resort, etc.
  5. a logical sequence of coded instructions specifying the operations to be performed by a computer in solving a problem or in processing data
  6. a series of operations which may be used to control the functions of an electronic device

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

  1. to enter or schedule in a program
  2. ☆ to prepare the questions and answers for (a textbook or a teaching machine to be used in programmed instruction)
    1. to plan a computer program for (a task, problem, etc.)
    2. to furnish (a computer, chip, etc.) with a program
    3. to incorporate in a computer program
  3. to set the program of (an electronic device)
  4. to predispose to behave in a certain way, have a certain mindset. etc.; condition: to program a child for failure

intransitive verb

to plan or prepare a program or programs

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