program

See also: prògram

English

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 American English) 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. (broadcasting) 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. (especially in the phrase "get with the program") A particular mindset or method of doing things.
   • 1988, Die Hard:

     Ellis: 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 program 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

• (broadcast) show
• (leaflet) playbill (for a play)
• (software application) application, computer program

Hyponyms

• subprogram

Related terms

Related terms

• program counter
• program evaluation and review technique

• program guide
• programme block

• program music
• program slicer

• program trading

Translations

set of structured activities

• Afrikaans: program
• Albanian: program (sq) m
• Arabic: بَرْنَامَج m (barnāmaj)
• Armenian: ծրագիր (hy) (cragir)
• Azeri: proqram (az), məramnamə
• Belarusian: прагра́ма f (prahráma)
• Bengali: কার্যক্রম (karyôkrôm)
• Bulgarian: програ́ма (bg) f (prográma)
• Burmese: အစီအစဉ် (my) (a.cia.cany)
• Catalan: programa (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 計劃 (zh), 计划 (zh) (jìhuà)

• Czech: program (cs) m
• Danish: program
• Dutch: programma (nl) n
• Esperanto: programo
• Finnish: ohjelma (fi), suunnitelma (fi)
• French: programme (fr) m
• Friulian: program m
• Galician: programa (gl) m
• German: Programm (de) n
• Greek: πρόγραμμα (el) n (prógramma)
• Hebrew: תוכנית / תָכְנִית (he) (tokhnit)
• Hindi: प्रोग्राम (hi) m (progrām), कार्यक्रम (hi) m (kāryakram)
• Icelandic: program
• Italian: programma (it) m
• Japanese: 次第 (しだい, shidai), 計画 (ja) (けいかく, keikaku), プログラム (ja) (puroguramu)
• Kazakh: бағдарлама (kk) (bağdarlama)
• Korean: 계획 (ko) (gyehoek), 프로그램 (ko) (peurogeuraem)
• Kurdish:

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

• Kyrgyz: программа (ky) (programma), колдонмо (koldonmo)
• Lao: ໂຄງການ (khōng kān)
• Macedonian: програ́ма f (prográma)
• Maori: hōtaka
• Mongolian: програм (program), хөтөлбөр (mn) (hötölbör)
• Norman: programme m
• Norwegian: program n
• Persian: برنامه (fa) (barnâme)
• Polish: program (pl) m
• Portuguese: programa (pt) m, programação (pt) f
• Romanian: program (ro) n
• Russian: програ́мма (ru) f (prográmma)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: програм m

  Roman: program (sh) m

• Slovak: program m
• Slovene: program m
• Spanish: programa (es) m
• Swahili: programu (sw)
• Swedish: program (sv) n
• Tajik: барнома (tg) (barnoma), нақша (naqša), программа (programma)
• Telugu: కార్యక్రమం (te) (kāryakramaṃ)
• Thai: โครงการ (th) (kroong-gaan)
• Turkish: izlence (tr), program (tr)
• Turkmen: programa
• Ukrainian: програ́ма f (prohráma)
• Uzbek: dastur (uz), programma (uz)
• Vietnamese: chương trình (vi), kế hoạch (vi)
• Welsh: rhaglen (cy) f

leaflet listing information about a play, game or other activity

• Afrikaans: program
• Arabic: بَرْنَامَج m (barnāmaj)
• Armenian: ծրագիր (hy) (cragir)
• Catalan: programa (ca) m
• Czech: program (cs) m
• Dutch: programma (nl) n
• Finnish: ohjelma (fi), ohjelmalehtinen
• French: programme (fr) m, programmation (fr) f
• Galician: programa (gl) m
• German: Programm (de) n
• Greek: πρόγραμμα (el) n (prógramma)
• Japanese: プログラム (ja) (puroguramu)
• Kurdish:

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

• Norman: programme m
• Persian: برنامه (fa) (barnâme)
• Polish: program (pl) m
• Portuguese: programa (pt) m
• Romanian: program (ro) n
• Russian: програ́мма (ru) f (prográmma), програ́мка (ru) f (prográmka)
• Slovak: program m
• Spanish: programa (es) m
• Swedish: program (sv) n
• Turkish: program (tr)
• Ukrainian: програ́ма f (prohráma)
• Welsh: rhaglen (cy) f

performance of a show or other broadcast on radio or television

• Afrikaans: program
• Arabic: بَرْنَامَج m (barnāmaj)
• Armenian: ծրագիր (hy) (cragir)
• Bengali: অনুষ্ঠান (bn) (ônuṣṭhan)
• Catalan: programa (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 節目 (zh), 节目 (zh) (jiémù)

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

• Korean: 프로그램 (ko) (peurogeuraem), 프로 (ko) (peuro)
• Kurdish:

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

• Malay: rancangan
• Maori: whakaaturanga
• Norman: émission f
• Persian: برنامه (fa) (barnâme)
• Polish: audycja (pl) f, program (pl) m
• Portuguese: programa (pt) m
• Russian: програ́мма (ru) f (prográmma), переда́ча (ru) f (peredáča)
• Slovak: program m
• Spanish: programa (es) m
• Swedish: program (sv) n
• Telugu: కార్యక్రమం (te) (kāryakramaṃ)
• Thai: รายการ (th) (raai-gaan), โปรแกรม (th) (bproo-grɛm)
• Turkish: program (tr)
• Ukrainian: програ́ма f (prohráma), переда́ча f (peredáča)
• Vietnamese: chương trình (vi)
• Welsh: rhaglen (cy) f

software application

• Afrikaans: program
• Albanian: program (sq) m
• Arabic: بَرْنَامَج m (barnāmaj)
• Armenian: ծրագիր (hy) (cragir)
• Azeri: proqram (az)
• Belarusian: прагра́ма f (prahráma)
• Bengali: প্রোগ্রাম (program)
• Breton: goulev
• Bulgarian: програ́ма (bg) f (prográma)
• Burmese: ပရိုဂရမ် (pa.ruiga.ram)
• Catalan: programa (ca) m
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: program (cs) m
• Danish: program n
• Dutch: programma (nl) n
• Estonian: programm
• Finnish: ohjelma (fi)
• French: programme (fr) m
• Galician: programa (gl) m
• Georgian: პროგრამა (ṗrograma)
• German: Programm (de) n
• Greek: πρόγραμμα (el) n (prógramma)
• Gujarati: ક્રમાદેશ (kramādeś)
• Hebrew: תוכנית / תָכְנִית (he) (tokhnit)
• Hindi: प्रोग्राम (hi) m (progrām), क्रमादेश (kramādeś)
• Hungarian: program (hu)
• Icelandic: forrit (is) n, tölvuforrit (is) n
• Indonesian: program (id)
• Italian: programma (it) m
• Japanese: プログラム (ja) (puroguramu)
• Kazakh: бағдарлама (kk) (bağdarlama)
• Korean: 프로그램 (ko) (peurogeuraem)
• Kurdish:

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

• Kyrgyz: программа (ky) (programma)

• Lao: ໂປຣກຣາມ (prō krām)
• Latvian: programma f
• Lithuanian: programa (lt) f
• Macedonian: програм m (program)
• Malay: program, atur cara
• Maori: papatono
• Marathi: क्रमादेश (kramādeś)
• Mongolian: програм (program)
• Nepali: क्रमादेश (kramādeśa)
• Norman: programme m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: program n

• Persian: برنامه (fa) (barnâme)
• Polish: program (pl) m
• Portuguese: programa (pt) m
• Romanian: program (ro) n
• Russian: програ́мма (ru) f (prográmma)
• Rusyn: проґрам m (program)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: програм m

  Roman: program (sh) m

• Slovak: program m
• Slovene: program m
• Spanish: programa (es) m
• Swedish: program (sv) n, mjukvara (sv) f
• Tajik: барнома (tg) (barnoma)
• Thai: โปรแกรม (th) (bproo-grɛm)
• Turkish: program (tr)
• Turkmen: programma
• Ukrainian: програ́ма f (prohráma)
• Urdu: پروگرام m (progrām)
• Uzbek: programma (uz), dastur (uz)
• Vietnamese: chương trình (vi)
• Volapük: nünömaprogram
• Welsh: rhaglen (cy) f
• Yiddish: פּראָגראַם (program)

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.

Derived terms

Terms derived from program

• programmable

• programmatical

• programmatically

• programmer

Translations

to enter a program or other instructions into a computer

• Afrikaans: programmeer
• Arabic: بَرْمَجَ (barmaja), وَضَعَ بَرْنَامَجًا (waḍaʿa barnāmajan)
• Armenian: ծրագրավորել (hy) (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: программи́ровать (ru) impf (programmírovatʹ), писа́ть програ́мму impf (pisátʹ prográmmu)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: програмирати

• Swahili: programu (sw)
• Swedish: programmera (sv), mjukvaruutveckla, utveckla mjukvara
• Welsh: rhaglennu (cy)

to write code

• Arabic: بَرْمَجَ (barmaja)
• Armenian: ծրագրավորել (hy) (cragravorel)

• Finnish: ohjelmoida (fi)
• 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: составля́ть план impf (sostavljátʹ plan), составля́ть програ́мму impf (sostavljátʹ 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 Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

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

• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} programar

Further reading

• 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)

Declension

Declension of program

	singular	plural
nominative	program	programy
genitive	programu	programů
dative	programu	programům
accusative	program	programy
vocative	programe	programy
locative	programu	programech
instrumental	programem	programy

Derived terms

• podprogram

Further reading

• program in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• program in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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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

Etymology

From German Programm or English program, from Ancient Greek πρόγραμμα (prógramma, “a written public notice, an edict”).

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 (stem in -o-, 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 programme (UK) or program (US and UK)
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 programme (UK) or program (US and UK)

Derived terms

• dataprogram
• programvare

References

• “program” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈprɔ.ɡram/

• Audio

  (file)

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

Further reading

• 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
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) program	programul	(niște) programe	programele
genitive/dative	(unui) program	programului	(unor) programe	programelor
vocative	programule		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)

Further reading

• program in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

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Swedish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πρόγραμμα (prógramma).

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
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	program	programmet	program	programmen
Genitive	programs	programmets	programs	programmens

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Turkish

Etymology

Borrowing from French programme.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

program (definite accusative programı, plural programlar)

1. program
2. (programming) computer program

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 (ayrılma)	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

Synonyms

• (programming) bilgisayar programı

Derived terms

programming

• programcı
• programken

• programla
• programlı

• programsa
• programsı

• programsız