COMPUTER PROGRAMMING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does computer programming mean? 

• COMPUTER PROGRAMMING (noun)
  The noun COMPUTER PROGRAMMING has 1 sense:

1. creating a sequence of instructions to enable the computer to do something

  Familiarity information: COMPUTER PROGRAMMING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COMPUTER PROGRAMMING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Creating a sequence of instructions to enable the computer to do something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

computer programing; computer programming; programing; programming

Hypernyms ("computer programming" is a kind of...):

creating by mental acts (the act of creating something by thinking)

Domain member category:

link ((computing) an instruction that connects one part of a program or an element on a list to another program or list)

kludge (a badly assembled collection of parts hastily assembled to serve some particular purpose (often used to refer to computing systems or software that has been badly put together))

library; program library; subroutine library ((computing) a collection of standard programs and subroutines that are stored and available for immediate use)

techie; tekki (a technician who is highly proficient and enthusiastic about some technical field (especially computing))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "computer programming"):

logic programing; logic programming (creating a program that enables the computer to reason logically)

object-oriented programing; object-oriented programming (creating a program that can use and support objects)

 Context examples 

How computer programming objects are related to other computer programming objects.

(Object Relationship, NCI Thesaurus)

As in computer programming, context namespaces are intended to allow multiple knowledge bases to reside in the same physical database.

(Namespace, NCI Thesaurus)

Issue associated with the acquisition of computer programming codes that can replicate and spread from one computer system to another thereby leading to damaged software, hardware and data.

(Application Security Issue Medical Device Problem, Food and Drug Administration)