program

Definitions of program in various dictionaries:

noun - a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished

noun - a system of projects or services intended to meet a public need

noun - a radio or television show

noun - a document stating the aims and principles of a political party

noun - an an noun cement of the events that will occur as part of a theatrical or sporting event

noun - an integrated course of academic studies

noun - (computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute

noun - a performance (or series of performances) at a public presentation

verb - arrange a program of or for

verb - write a computer program

A listing of the order of events and other pertinent information for a public presentation.

The presentation itself: a program of piano pieces.

A scheduled radio or television show.

An ordered list of events to take place or procedures to be followed; a schedule: a program of physical therapy for a convalescent.

A system of services, opportunities, or projects, usually designed to meet a social need: “Working parents rely on the center’s after-school latchkey program” (New York Times).

A course of academic study; a curriculum.

A plan or system of academic and related or ancillary activities: a work-study program.

A plan or system of nonacademic extracurricular activities: the football program.

A set of coded instructions for insertion into a machine, in accordance with which the machine performs a desired sequence of operations.

Computer Science.

A procedure for solving a problem that involves collection of data, processing, and presentation of results.

Such a procedure coded for a computer.

An instruction sequence in programmed instruction.

To include or schedule in a program: program a new musical composition.

To design a program for; schedule the activities of.

To provide (a machine) with a set of coded working instructions.

To provide (a computer) with a set of instructions for solving a problem or processing data.

To train to perform automatically in a desired way, as if programming a machine: crudely programming children to make the right responses.

To prepare an instructional sequence for (material to be taught) in programmed instruction.

verb - to arrange in a plan of proceedings