programmatically

Meanings

1. 1
   adv

   by means of computer code rather than manual action

   The script creates user accounts programmatically from the CSV file.

2. 2
   adv

   according to a plan, program, or ideology

   The policy was presented programmatically rather than as a single isolated reform.

From programmatic + -ally, or programmatical + -ly. The computing sense narrows according to a program to actions performed through code.

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