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• present participle of program.

programming

American  

[proh-gram-ing, -gruh-ming] / ˈproʊ græm ɪŋ, -grə mɪŋ /

Or programing

noun

1. the act or process of planning or writing a program.

2. Radio and Television.

   1. the selection and scheduling of programs for transmission, as for a television station or network, or an internet-based digital distributor.

   2. the programs scheduled.

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Etymology

Origin of programming

First recorded in 1885–90; program + -ing ¹

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Example Sentences

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programming

Monday alone accounted for two hours and 22 minutes, with the subject raised in every hour of programming from 5 a.m. until midnight.

From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026

Created in the early 1990s, PHP is a computer programming language that helps run an estimated 70 percent of the world's websites.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

It is not yet clear which versions of the programming language are affected, but CERT-EU said it could affect all versions of it dating back to PHP 5 onwards - which launched in 2004.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

He turned out to be just as talented at programming games as he was at playing them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

There he spent the spring writing code, supervised by a man named John Norton, who Gates says taught him as much about programming as almost anyone he’d ever met.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell

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