programming

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The designing, scheduling or planning of a radio or television program/programme.

   The network changed its programming to mess with DVRs again.

2. 2
   noun

   The design and scheduling of a performance such as ballet.

   Now it has become a regular part of City Ballet's programming this season.

3. 3
   noun

   The act of writing a computer program.

   Management wanted to know how much programming the project would need.

4. 4
   noun

   The software that controls a machine, or the logic expressed in such software; operating instructions.

   A robot's programming doesn't allow for love.

5. 5
   noun

   A conditioned response.

   Together with this is the influence of an infinite number of neurotransmitters, neurohormones, environmental hazards, and accidental programmings.

6. 6
   verb

   present participle and gerund of programme

   I was programming a new module for the software package.

7. 7
   noun

   creating a sequence of instructions to enable the computer to do something

8. 8
   noun

   setting an order and time for planned events

Etymology

From program /programme + -ing.