programmable
- adjective
- /ˈprɒɡræməbəl/
- Specialized
- Many people install a programmable thermostat to control their home's temperature efficiently.
- programmable controller
- programmable logic
- programmable thermostat
In the last couple of years, there's been programmable video game cards.
- In the last couple of years, there's been programmable video game cards.
- And so you, you have this programmable money.
- Now you still try to make it programmable, but the AI field is changing really fast.
- We're also programmable, self programmable, changing, adapting.
- I'm told you should call them that has, you know, has like programmable.
Examples
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This crockpot has a digital programmable interface.
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All boards include eight channels of digital I/O, individually programmable as input or output.
Academic text (1994) -
I do wish though that all of them were programmable because a guy like me might not need support.
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Now you still try to make it programmable, but the AI field is changing really fast.
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The first of its kind, programmable AI.
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It's compact, it's programmable, it's super portable.
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For example, many people put programmable thermostats in their house.
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The entire system is run by a fully automatic, programmable logic controller.
Academic text (1998) -
Currently, several digitally controlled, programmable hearing aids are available, incorporating two or three independent channels.
Academic text (1993) -
This new washing machine has a programmable setting that allows you to choose different wash cycles.
Synonyms
You can change it to suit your needs or tastes
Able to be changed or set up to match a person's needs
Can be changed by setting options
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A chip you clear with ultraviolet light and then write new information on it
How Programmable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Programmable comes from program, meaning a 'written plan' or 'list of instructions', and the ending -able, which means 'can be'. So, something programmable is something that 'can follow a plan' or 'be set' with instructions, like a coffee maker or a robot.