preprogram
Americanverb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of preprogram
Example Sentences
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The capacity to “learn,” he points out, was something that Bartlett and Louapre had to preprogram into their simulation.
From Scientific American
You can’t preprogram a contest of will.
From Washington Post
The serendipity involved represents a key element of the art of traveling: not needing to control or preprogram your experience, letting things unfold organically and taking the chance to be delighted by the unexpected.
From Washington Post
The researchers did not preprogram its future steps, he notes, “but they let the whole training be a part of its circuit.”
From Scientific American
That’s the sort of dynamic response you can’t preprogram and all the better for it.
From The Verge
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