Definition of: program

(prō′gram, -grəm) noun
1. A list giving in order the items, turns, selections, etc., making up an entertainment; also, the selections, etc., collectively.
2. Any prearranged plan or course of proceedings; a prospectus.
3. Electronics A sequence of instructions set up on the control panels of an electronic computer as guides in the performance of a desired operation or group of operations.
4. A preface, or prefatory statement.
5. Obs. A public proclamation; official edict or decree. Also Brit. pro′gramme.
—v.t. ·gramed or ·grammed, ·gram·ing or ·gram·ming
1. To arrange in an appropriate sequence the separate items of (a program, set of instructions, etc.).
2. To schedule (an act, performer, etc.) for a program.
3. To furnish a program for (a computer).
4. To feed (information, instructions, etc.) into a computer. [<F programme <LL programma public announcement <Gk. <prographein write in public <pro- before + graphein write]
—pro′gram·er or pro′gram·mer noun
—pro·gram·mat·ic (prō′·grə·mat′ik) adjective