a television or radio show
We never miss our favorite cooking program on Saturday mornings.
The live sports program attracted millions of viewers.
a set of instructions that a computer follows to do a specific task
I installed a new photo-editing program on my laptop.
This antivirus program updates automatically every day.
to write the instructions that make a computer or other device work
She learned to program in Python during her school holidays.
Our team will program the app to run faster.
to set a machine, device, or schedule so it works at a chosen time or in a chosen way
I programmed the coffee maker to start at 6 a.m.
You can program the thermostat to save energy while you’re away.
My grandmother listens to a gardening programme every Sunday morning.
That documentary programme was fascinating.
writing instructions in a computer language so that a computer, phone, or other device does what you want
She decided to study programming at university to become a software developer.
Good programming often starts with a clear plan of what the app should do.
✦ From the present participle of the verb “program,” meaning to set an ordered series of steps. In the 1950s it began to describe writing code for early computers.
