programmer

English

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Etymology

to program + -er.

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈpɹəʊɡɹæmə/, X-SAMPA: /"pr@Ugr{m@/
• (GenAm) IPA: /ˈpɹoʊɡɹæmɚ/, X-SAMPA: /"proUgr{m@`/

Noun

programmer (plural programmers)

1. One who writes computer programs; a software developer.
2. One who decides which programs will be shown on a television station.
3. A device that installs a software program into some other machine.
   • 1999, Peter Spasov, Microcontroller technology, the 68HC11‎

     The EPROM programmer burns the data into the EPROM chip. When programming is completed, remove the EPROM chip and plug it into the circuit...

4. A short film feature as part of a longer film program, a "B-movie" (now rare)

Translations

one who designs software

• Arabic: مبرمج (ar) (mubármij) m, مبرمجة (ar) (mubarmija) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 程序員 (cmn), 程序员 (cmn) (chéngxùyuán)

• Czech: programátor (cs) m
• Finnish: ohjelmoija (fi)
• French: programmeur (fr) m, programmeuse (fr) f
• German: Programmierer (de) m, Programmiererin (de) f
• Greek: προγραμματιστής (el) (programmatistis) m, προγραμματίστρια (el) (programmatistria) f
• Hebrew: תוכניתן (he) (tokhnithan) m
• Hindi: प्रोग्रामर (hi) (prōgrāmar) m

• Icelandic: forritari (is) m
• Japanese: プログラマー (ja) (puroguramā)
• Jèrriais: programmeux m, programmeux d'compiuteu m
• Korean: 프로그래머 (ko) (peurogeuraemeo)
• Marathi: प्रोग्रामर (mr) (progrāmara) m
• Polish: programista (pl) m, programistka (pl) f
• Romanian: programator (ro), programatoare (ro) f
• Russian: программист (ru) (programmíst) m, программистка (ru) (programmístka) f
• Spanish: programador (es) m, programadora (es) f
• Thai: โปรแกรมเมอร์ (th) (bproh-graem-me)
• Vietnamese: lập trình viên (vi)

one who decides which programs will be shown on a television station

• Finnish: ohjelmapäällikkö

• Japanese: 番組製作者 (ばんぐみせいさくしゃ, bangumi seisakusha)

a device that installs a software program into some other machine

• Czech: programátor (cs) m
• French: programmateur (fr) m

• Polish: programator (pl) m
• Russian: программатор (ru) (programmátor) m

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• Esperanto: Programisto

• Portuguese: programador m (1), programadora f (1)
• Slovak: programátor m (1, 3)
• Spanish: programador m (1), programadora f (1)

See also

• developer
• IT
• software engineer
• systems analyst

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French

Verb

programmer

1. to program

Conjugation

   Conjugation of programmer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		programmer			avoir programmé
gerund		en programmant			en ayant programmé
present participle		programmant
past participle		programmé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	programme	programmes	programme	programmons	programmez	programment
	imperfect	programmais	programmais	programmait	programmions	programmiez	programmaient
	past historic1	programmai	programmas	programma	programmâmes	programmâtes	programmèrent
	future	programmerai	programmeras	programmera	programmerons	programmerez	programmeront
	conditional	programmerais	programmerais	programmerait	programmerions	programmeriez	programmeraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	programme	programmes	programme	programmions	programmiez	programment
	imperfect1	programmasse	programmasses	programmât	programmassions	programmassiez	programmassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	programme	—	programmons	programmez	—
1literary tenses

Related terms

• programmateur