program

English

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Alternative forms

• programme (see usage notes)

Etymology

From French programme, from Late Latin programma (“a proclamation, edict”), from Ancient Greek πρόγραμμα (prógramma, “a written public notice, an edict”), from προγράφω (prográphō, “I set forth as a public notice”), from πρό (pró, “before”) + γράφω (gráphō, “I write”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹəʊɡɹæm/
• (US, Canada) enPR: prōʹgrăm, IPA^(key): /ˈpɹoʊɡɹæm/
• (Southern US) enPR: prōʹgrəm, IPA^(key): /ˈpɹoʊɡɹəm/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Hyphenation: prog‧ram

Noun

program (plural programs)

1. A set of structured activities.

   Our program for today’s exercise class includes swimming and jogging.

2. A leaflet listing information about a play, game or other activity.

   The program consisted of ads for restaurants and the credits of everyone connected with the play.

3. A performance of a show or other broadcast on radio or television.

   Tonight’s program was hosted by Johnny Carson.

4. (computing) A software application, or a collection of software applications, designed to perform a specific task.

   The program runs on both Linux and Microsoft Windows.

5. A particular mindset or method of doing things.
   • Ellis in the movie Die Hard

     Come on, John, why don’t you get with the program and tell him where the detonators are?

Usage notes

• Usage of program and programme:
  • US: program is the only spelling normally used.
  • UK: programme is used in all cases except for computer code, in which case program is generally used. Older sources may use programme for computer code.
  • Canada: both program and programme are used, but programme is more common.
  • Australia: program is endorsed by the Australian government, but programme is most common.
  • New Zealand: programme is favoured by New Zealand dictionaries, and is endorsed by government usage; program is rarely seen outside the computing meaning.

Synonyms

• (leaflet): playbill (for a play)
• (software application): application

Derived terms

Terms derived from program (noun)

programme block program counter program evaluation and review technique

program guide program music program slicer

program trading

Translations

set of structured activities

• Afrikaans: program
• Arabic: برنامج m (barnaamaj)
• Bulgarian: програма (bg) f (programa)
• Catalan: programa m
• Czech: program (cs) m
• Dutch: programma (nl) n
• Esperanto: programo
• Finnish: ohjelma (fi), suunnitelma (fi)
• French: programme (fr) m
• Friulian: program m
• German: Programm (de) n
• Greek: πρόγραμμα (el) n (prógramma)
• Hebrew: תוכנית f (tokhnit)
• Hindi: प्रोग्राम m (progrām), कार्यक्रम m (kāryakram)
• Italian: programma (it) m

• Japanese: 次第 (しだい, shidai), 計画 (ja) (けいかく, keikaku)
• Jèrriais: programme m
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: پرۆگرام (ku) (program), به‌رنامه‌ (ku) (bername)

• Norwegian: program n
• Persian: برنامه (fa) (barnâme)
• Polish: program (pl) m
• Portuguese: programa (pt) m, programação (pt) f
• Romanian: program (ro)
• Russian: программа (ru) f (prográmma)
• Spanish: programa (es) m
• Swedish: program (sv) n
• Telugu: కార్యక్రమం (kāryakramaṃ)
• Turkish: program (tr), bağdarlama, izlence (tr)
• Ukrainian: програма f (prohráma)
• Welsh: rhaglen (cy) f

leaflet listing information about a play, game or other activity

• Afrikaans: program
• Arabic: برنامج m (barnaamaj)
• Catalan: programa m
• Czech: program (cs) m
• Dutch: programma (nl) n
• Finnish: ohjelma (fi), ohjelmalehtinen
• French: programme (fr) m, programmation (fr) f
• German: Programm (de) n
• Greek: πρόγραμμα (el) n (prógramma)
• Japanese: プログラム (ja) (puroguramu)
• Jèrriais: programme m

• Kurdish:

  Sorani: پرۆگرام (ku) (program), به‌رنامه‌ (ku) (bername)

• Persian: برنامه (fa) (barnâme)
• Polish: program (pl) m
• Portuguese: programa (pt) m
• Romanian: program (ro)
• Russian: программа (ru) f (prográmma), програмка (ru) f (prográmka)
• Spanish: programa (es) m
• Swedish: program (sv) n
• Ukrainian: програма f (prohráma)
• Welsh: rhaglen (cy) f

performance of a show or other broadcast on radio or television

• Afrikaans: program
• Arabic: برنامج m (barnaamaj)
• Bengali: অনুষ্ঠান
• Catalan: programa m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 節目 (zh), 节目 (jiémù)

• Czech: program (cs) m
• Dutch: programma (nl) n
• Finnish: ohjelma (fi), esitys (fi)
• French: émission (fr) f
• German: Programm (de) n, Sendung (de) f
• Greek: πρόγραμμα (el) n (prógramma)
• Hebrew: תוכנית f (tokhnit)
• Hungarian: műsor (hu)
• Italian: programma (it) m
• Japanese: 番組 (ばんぐみ, bangumi)

• Jèrriais: émission f
• Korean: 프로그램 (ko) (peurogeuraem)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: پرۆگرام (ku) (program), به‌رنامه‌ (ku) (bername)

• Persian: برنامه (fa) (barnâme)
• Polish: audycja (pl) f, program (pl) m
• Portuguese: programa (pt) m
• Russian: программа (ru) f (prográmma), передача (ru) f (peredáča)
• Spanish: programa (es) m
• Swedish: program (sv) n
• Telugu: కార్యక్రమం (kāryakramaṃ)
• Thai: รายการ (th) (raaykaan)
• Turkish: program (tr), bağdarlama
• Ukrainian: програма (prohráma), передача f (peredáča)
• Vietnamese: chương trình (vi)
• Welsh: rhaglen (cy) f

software application

• Afrikaans: program
• Arabic: برنامج m (barnaamaj)
• Bengali: প্রোগ্রাম (program)
• Breton: goulev
• Catalan: programa m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 應用程式 (zh), 应用程式 (yìngyòng chéngshì)

• Czech: program (cs) m
• Dutch: programma (nl) n
• Finnish: ohjelma (fi)
• French: programme (fr) m
• German: Programm (de) n
• Greek: πρόγραμμα (el) n (prógramma)
• Gujarati: ક્રમાદેશ
• Hebrew: תוכנית f (tokhnit)
• Hindi: प्रोग्राम m (progrām), क्रमादेश (kramādeś)
• Hungarian: program (hu)
• Icelandic: forrit (is) n, tölvuforrit (is) n

• Italian: programma (it) m
• Japanese: 算譜 (さんぷ, sampu), プログラム (ja) (puroguramu), 提供 (ja) (teikyou)
• Jèrriais: programme m
• Korean: 프로그램 (ko) (peurogeuraem)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: پرۆگرام (ku) (program), به‌رنامه‌ (ku) (bername)

• Marathi: क्रमादेश (kramādeś)
• Nepali: क्रमादेश (kramādeśa)
• Persian: برنامه (fa) (barnâme)
• Portuguese: programa (pt) m
• Romanian: program (ro)
• Russian: программа (ru) f (prográmma)
• Spanish: programa (es) m
• Swedish: program (sv) n, mjukvara (sv) f
• Thai: โปรแกรม (th) (progrɛm)
• Turkish: program (tr), bağdarlama
• Ukrainian: програма f (prohráma)
• Volapük: nünömaprogram
• Welsh: rhaglen (cy) f

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.

Translations to be checked

• Slovak: ^{(please verify)} program m

Verb

program (third-person singular simple present programs, present participle programming, simple past and past participle programmed)

1. (transitive) To enter a program or other instructions into (a computer or other electronic device) to instruct it to do a particular task.
   • He programmed the DVR to record his favorite show.
2. (transitive) To develop (software) by writing program code.

   I programmed a small game as a demonstration.

3. (transitive) To put together the schedule of an event.
   • Mary will program Tuesday’s festivities.
4. (transitive) To cause to automatically behave in a particular way.
   • The lab rat was programmed to press the lever when the bell rang.

Related terms

• programmable
• programmer

Translations

to enter a program or other instructions into a computer

• Afrikaans: programmeer
• Arabic: برمجة (bármaja), وضع برنامجًا (waḍaʻa barmājan)
• Armenian: ծրագրավորել (cragravorel)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 編程序, 编程序 (biān chéngxù)

• Czech: programovat
• Dutch: programmeren (nl)
• Finnish: ohjelmoida (fi)
• French: programmer (fr)
• German: programmieren (de)
• Greek: προγραμματίζω (el) (programmatízo)
• Hebrew: תיכנת (tikhnét)

• Icelandic: forrita
• Japanese: プログラムを供給する (プログラムをきょうきゅうする, puroguramu-o kyōkyū-suru), プログラムを作る (プログラムをつくる, puroguramu-o tsukuru)
• Polish: programować (pl)
• Portuguese: programar (pt)
• Russian: программировать (ru) impf (programmírovat’), писать программу impf (pisát’ prográmmu)
• Serbo-Croatian: програмирати
• Swahili: programu (sw)
• Swedish: programmera (sv), mjukvaruutveckla, utveckla mjukvara
• Welsh: rhaglennu (cy)

to write code

• Armenian: ծրագրավորել (cragravorel)
• Finnish: ohjelmoida

• Portuguese: programar (pt)

to put together the schedule of an event

• Dutch: vastleggen (nl), plannen (nl)
• Finnish: suunnitella ohjelma
• French: programmer (fr)
• German: programmieren (de)
• Greek: προγραμματίζω (el) (programmatízo)

• Portuguese: programar (pt), planear (pt) (Portugal), planejar (pt) (Brazil)
• Russian: составлять план (sostavlját’ plan), составлять программу (sostavlját’ prográmmu)
• Swedish: planera (sv), planlägga

to cause to automatically behave in a particular way

• Finnish: ehdollistaa

• Portuguese: programar (pt)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.

Translations to be checked

• Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} לתכנת (le-tekhnet)

• Slovak: ^{(please verify)} programovať
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} programar

External links

• program in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• program in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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Czech

Pronunciation

• audio

  (file)

Noun

program m

1. program (set of activities)
2. program (for theater or TV)
3. program (computing)
4. agenda (of a meeting)

Derived terms

• podprogram

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Friulian

Etymology

From Late Latin programma (“a proclamation, edict”), from Ancient Greek πρόγραμμα (prógramma, “a written public notice, an edict”).

Noun

program m (plural programs)

1. program

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈproɡrɒm/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: prog‧ram

Noun

program (plural programok)

1. program (set of activities)
2. (computing) program
3. (politics) platform

Declension

Inflection of program (plural in -ok, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	program	programok
accusative	programot	programokat
dative	programnak	programoknak
instrumental	programmal	programokkal
causal-final	programért	programokért
translative	programmá	programokká
terminative	programig	programokig
essive-formal	programként	programokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	programban	programokban
superessive	programon	programokon
adessive	programnál	programoknál
illative	programba	programokba
sublative	programra	programokra
allative	programhoz	programokhoz
elative	programból	programokból
delative	programról	programokról
ablative	programtól	programoktól

Possessive forms of program

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	programom	programjaim
2nd person sing.	programod	programjaid
3rd person sing.	programja	programjai
1st person plural	programunk	programjaink
2nd person plural	programotok	programjaitok
3rd person plural	programjuk	programjaik

Derived terms

• illesztőprogram
• pártprogram
• politikai program
• számítógépes program

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Ladin

Noun

program m (plural programs)

1. programme
2. manifesto

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

program n (definite singular programmet, indefinite plural program or programmer, definite plural programma or programmene)

1. a programme (UK) or program (US)
2. (computing) a program (US and UK) (although programme is also used in British English)
3. schedule

Derived terms

• dataprogram
• programvare

References

• “program” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

program n (definite singular programmet, indefinite plural program, definite plural programma)

1. a programme (UK) or program (US)
2. (computing) a program (US and UK) (although programme is also used in British English)

Derived terms

• dataprogram
• programvare

References

• “program” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈprɔ.ɡram]

Noun

program m inan

1. program (structured set of activities)
2. program (broadcasted show)
3. program (software)

Declension

declension of program

	singular	plural
nominative	program	programy
genitive	programu	programów
dative	programowi	programom
accusative	program	programy
instrumental	programem	programami
locative	programie	programach
vocative	programie	programy

External links

• “program” in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Romanian

Etymology

From French programme

Noun

program n (plural programe)

1. program

Declension

declension of program

	singular		plural
gender n	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	un program	programul	niște programe	programele
genitive/dative	unui program	programului	unor programe	programelor

Related terms

• programa
• programat
• progamabil
• programator
• programatic
• programare

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Serbo-Croatian

Noun

prògram m (Cyrillic spelling про̀грам)

1. program (set of activities)
2. program (for theater or TV)
3. program (computing)

Declension

    declension of program

	singular	plural
nominative	program	programi
genitive	programa	programa
dative	programu	programima
accusative	program	programe
vocative	programe	programi
locative	programu	programima
instrumental	programom	programima

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Slovak

Noun

program m

1. program (set of structured activities)
2. program (computer program)

External links

• program in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

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Swedish

Etymology

pro- +‎ -gram

Noun

program n

1. a program (a set of structured activities)
2. a program (a leaflet listing information about a play, game or other activity)
3. a program (a performance of a show or other broadcast on radio or television)
4. (computing) a software application, or a collection of software applications, designed to perform a specific task
5. a program on a washing machine; a cycle

Declension

Declension of program

	singular		plural
Neuter	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	program	programmet	program	programmen
genitive	programs	programmets	programs	programmens

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Turkish

Etymology

From French programme.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): pɾogˈɾam
• Hyphenation: pɾog‧ram

Noun

program (definite accusative programı, plural programlar)

1. program
2. (programming) program

Derived terms

• (programming):programcı
• programla
• programlı
• programsa
• programsız

Declension

declension of program

	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	program	programlar
definite accusative (belirtme)	programı	programları
dative (yönelme)	programa	programlara
locative (bulunma)	programda	programlarda
ablative (çıkma)	programdan	programlardan
genitive (tamlayan)	programın	programların

possessive forms of program

benim (my)	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	programım	programlarım
definite accusative (belirtme)	programımı	programlarımı
dative (yönelme)	programıma	programlarıma
locative (bulunma)	programımda	programlarımda
ablative (çıkma)	programımdan	programlarımdan
genitive (tamlayan)	programımın	programlarımın
senin (your)	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	programın	programların
definite accusative (belirtme)	programını	programlarını
dative (yönelme)	programına	programlarına
locative (bulunma)	programında	programlarında
ablative (çıkma)	programından	programlarından
genitive (tamlayan)	programının	programlarının
onun (her/his/its)	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	programı	programları
definite accusative (belirtme)	programını	programlarını
dative (yönelme)	programına	programlarına
locative (bulunma)	programında	programlarında
ablative (çıkma)	programından	programlarından
genitive (tamlayan)	programının	programlarının
bizim (our)	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	programımız	programlarımız
definite accusative (belirtme)	programımızı	programlarımızı
dative (yönelme)	programımıza	programlarımıza
locative (bulunma)	programımızda	programlarımızda
ablative (çıkma)	programımızdan	programlarımızdan
genitive (tamlayan)	programımızın	programlarımızın
sizin (your)	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	programınız	programlarınız
definite accusative (belirtme)	programınızı	programlarınızı
dative (yönelme)	programınıza	programlarınıza
locative (bulunma)	programınızda	programlarınızda
ablative (çıkma)	programınızdan	programlarınızdan
genitive (tamlayan)	programınızın	programlarınızın
onların (their)	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	programları	programları
definite accusative (belirtme)	programlarını	programlarını
dative (yönelme)	programlarına	programlarına
locative (bulunma)	programlarında	programlarında
ablative (çıkma)	programlarından	programlarından
genitive (tamlayan)	programlarının	programlarının