Main Entry: ²program

Variant(s): also programme

Function: transitive verb

Inflected Form(s): programmed or programed; program·ming or program·ing

Date: 1896

1 a : to arrange or furnish a program of or for : bill b : to enter in a program
2 : to work out a sequence of operations to be performed by (a mechanism) : provide with a program
3 a : to insert a program for (a particular action) into or as if into a mechanism b : to control by or as if by a program c (1) : to code in an organism's program (2) : to provide with a biological program <cells programmed to synthesize hemoglobin>
4 : to predetermine the thinking, behavior, or operations of as if by computer programming <children are programmed into violence — Lisa A. Richette>

— pro·gram·ma·bil·i·ty \(ˌ)prō-ˌgra-mə-ˈbi-lə-tē\ noun

— pro·gram·ma·ble \ˈprō-ˌgra-mə-bəl\ adjective or noun