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programme(2)(dictionary)
programme 1, noun(dictionary)
programme 2, verb(dictionary)
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programme(2) (iou)



programme verb. Also (earlier, now US & Computing) program, infl. -mm-, *-m-. L19.
[from the noun.]
verb trans. Arrange according to a programme; draw up a programme of; plan definitely. L19.
programmed cell death (Medicine & Biology) = APOPTOSIS 2.
Listener Americans..are now being taught by..programmed texts. Daily Telegraph He tried to programme her day into housework and study. Church Times The General was programmed to leave the gathering.
verb trans. & intrans. Broadcast. US. M20.
verb trans. & intrans. Express (a task or operation) in terms appropriate to its performance by a computer etc.; cause (an activity or property) to be automatically regulated in a prescribed way; incorporate (a property) into a computer etc. by programming. M20.
Scientific American The algorithm is easy to program and can be executed quickly with a computer.
verb trans. & intrans. Cause (a computer etc.) automatically to do a prescribed task or perform in a prescribed way; supply with a program; fig. train to behave in a predetermined way. M20.
M. Frayn Another job..a computer could..be programmed to do.
verb intrans. Astronautics. Of a spacecraft: perform a scheduled and automatically controlled manoeuvre. M20.
programma'bility noun the property of being programmable M20.
programmable adjective & noun (a) adjective able to be programmed; (b) noun a programmable calculator: M20.