programmatically
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6.7
- adverb
- /ˌprɒɡrəˈmætɪkli/
- Specialized
:
programáticamente
- These operations may be carried out programmatically through the iWSN interface directly via web service calls, but they are more commonly carried out through a program interacting with the iWSN interface on behalf of the user.
Examples
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It seems that the folks at Microsoft realized what a pain it would be to build up a DOM programmatically and afforded us this shortcut, along with outerHTML.
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Note, if you choose to make your iAd appear programmatically, then Apple will have already sent you some basic hints about how to do this.
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But let's say you wanted to do this programmatically, because you can have more than one, you can actually say add target.
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It will programmatically let you, you know, open that single you open those things and then have characters pop out.
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And Amazon is the only platform player who can actually offer programmatically driven fulfillment services.
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"Full check" fields and values were those that could be checked programmatically by machine with relative ease, while "spot check" fields and values required the cataloger to review individual records.
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Currently, I am programmatically putting and getting the User objects into and out of cache by directly manipulating the cache interface.
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Programmatically, home health benefits under Medicaid are less restrictive than Medicare and allow for many of the services needed to maintain functionally dependent elders in their own homes and community (U.S. Congress, 1989).
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At two new churches in Rome, Il Gesu and S. Maria in Vallicella, altarpieces were arranged programmatically to express the ideals of the Jesuits and the Oratorians respectively.
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Developers can programmatically generate user profiles based on their activity data.
Synonyms
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3.1
Something happens by a machine or system without a person doing it
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7.0
In a way that uses a set of steps a computer follows
How Automated
Surface Forms
Morphology
programmatically = programmatic (transparent) = program + matic + ally
The adverb is a regular derivation from 'program' -> 'programmatic' -> 'programmatically', so the meaning 'by means of a program' is directly inferable.
Etymology
Programmatically comes from program, a word that once meant a written 'plan' and now often means a set of instructions for a computer. So to do something programmatically is to have a computer follow those instructions and do it for you.