programming
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3.3
- noun
- /ˈprɒɡræmɪŋ/
- Specialized
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programación
- Learning programming can open up many career opportunities in the tech industry.
- programming language
- computer programming
- programming environment
Yes, and you did a bunch of programming competitions.
- Yes, and you did a bunch of programming competitions.
- But introductory programmers should learn programming by programming from scratch, right?
- Tennis, piano, computer programming, writing, that's a long time.
- So here's a report from a like programming analytics company.
- And you know, it starts with programming though, you see.
Examples
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Would it have been any different if she'd gone into computer programming? she wondered.
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When microcomputers first became popular, many students learned BASIC, Pascal, or other easy-to-learn programming languages.
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Well, I hope most of you realize at this point that programming is not that hard.
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I had basic programming skills that helped me out of the beginning.
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But can you write programs that operate on a computer?
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Why, he is a programming genius.
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Last thing I need is a machine that requires programming or troubleshooting.
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In addition to the benefits of programming, educators can also address other 21st century skills.
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He taught some students some web-based programming ideas.
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In his classic text Mindstorms (1993), Seymour Papert stressed that programming encourages discovery learning and problem solving.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
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3.7
Writing instructions that tell a computer what to do
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2.9
To write instructions that tell a computer what to do
1
3.9
Writing commands for a computer to do tasks automatically
Compounds
- Specialized
15
3.9
A set of rules for writing instructions a computer can follow
- Specialized
1
4.9
A way to write programs that keeps data and the actions that use it together to organize and reuse code
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1
6.0
A math method to find the best result when rules use only adding and multiplying by numbers
- Specialized
Using math to choose the best option within given limits for schedules or costs
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A way of writing programs that tells the computer what to do step by step and how to change values
- Specialized
A computer language that uses objects and classes to organize code
How Complex
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Programming comes from the Greek parts pro- ('before') and gramma ('a thing written'), and a program was originally a written plan or list of instructions. So programming in computers is simply writing that plan of instructions for a machine to follow.