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computer program

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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun a sequence of instructions, stored in any medium, that can be interpreted and executed by a computer; -- called most frequently a program. This term is used both for the written program (a document) and for its corresponding electronic version stored or executed on the computer. See instruction.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A complete piece of software. A set of instructions for a computer. This term can refer to either the executable form that a computer can execute (executable code) or the human readable form (source code). (Several programs, each of which does a task, can be collected as a software package or suite).

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun (computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute

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synonyms (54)

Words with the same meaning

  1. ALGOL
  2. COBOL
  3. FORTRAN
  4. alphabetic data
  5. alphanumeric code
  6. angular data
  7. assembler
  8. binary digit
  9. binary scale
  10. binary system
  11. bit
  12. bug
  13. byte
  14. command pulses
  15. commands
  16. compiler
  17. computer code
  18. computer language
  19. computer programme
  20. control signals
  21. controlled quantity
  22. correcting signals
  23. data
  24. error
  25. error signals
  26. feedback pulses
  27. feedback signals
  28. film data
  29. hexadecimal system
  30. information
  31. input data
  32. input quantity
  33. instructions
  34. machine language
  35. message
  36. multiple messages
  37. noise
  38. numeric data
  39. octal system
  40. oscillograph data
  41. output data
  42. output quantity
  43. play
  44. polar data
  45. program
  46. punch-card data
  47. random data
  48. rectangular data
  49. reference quantity
  50. ruly English
  51. signals
  52. single messages
  53. unorganized data
  54. visible-speech data

hypernyms (6)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. computer software
  2. package
  3. software
  4. software package
  5. software program
  6. software system

hyponyms (55)

Words more specific or concrete

  1. anti-virus program
  2. application
  3. application program
  4. applications programme
  5. assembler
  6. assembly program
  7. binary
  8. binary program
  9. c program
  10. checking program
  11. compiler
  12. compiling program
  13. debugger
  14. executive program
  15. fortran program
  16. interface
  17. interpreter
  18. interpretive program
  19. job control
  20. library program
  21. lisp program
  22. loop
  23. malevolent program
  24. monitor program
  25. monitoring program
  26. object program
  27. parser
  28. patch
  29. relocatable program
  30. reusable program
  31. search engine
  32. self-adapting program
  33. service program
  34. source program
  35. spider
  36. spreadsheet
  37. stored program
  38. supervisor
  39. supervisory program
  40. syntax checker
  41. system program
  42. systems program
  43. systems software
  44. tagger
  45. tagging program
  46. target program
  47. text-matching
  48. translating program
  49. translator
  50. user interface
  51. utility
  52. utility program
  53. wanderer
  54. web map server
  55. web map service

variants (2)

Variants

  1. instruction
  2. program

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