reprogram

English

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *wre-

Latin re-der.

Old French re-bor.

Middle English re-

English re-

English program

English reprogram

From re- + program.

reprogram (third-person singular simple present reprograms, present participle reprogramming or (rare) reprograming, simple past and past participle reprogrammed or (rare) reprogramed)

(transitive, computing) To program anew or differently.
Synonym: recode

Troponym: refactor
- 2003, Andrew Huang, Hacking the Xbox: an introduction to reverse engineering:
  Installing a new hard drive would require a modchip that can reprogram or bypass the hard drive lock.
(transitive, by extension) To make a fundamental change to the behaviour or habits of.
(government) To shift funds appropriated for one government program to a different government program.
- 1993, Diane Publishing Company, Defense Conversion: Redirecting R & D, page 110:
  Technically, DOE did not need authority to reprogram the funds as long as the spending didn't span different appropriation line items.
- 1976, Gerald R. Ford, “Special Message to the Congress Reporting on Budget Decisions and Referrals”, in Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Gerald R. Ford, published 1979, page 2097:
  This deferral is reported to give Congress time to consider a request to reprogram the funds.