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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

Example Sentences

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programming

Sixty years on, three generations have shared their memories of South Asian programming and spoken about how it shaped them.

From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026

Michael J. Wolf, CEO of Activate Consulting, said Peacock’s first profit proves that live sports and premium programming “remain the single most powerful anchors for consumer attention and subscriber growth.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026

He even launched his own subscription streaming network, the American Sheriff Network, with featured ride-alongs and other reality TV programming.

From Slate ● Jul. 23, 2026

“Our foreign assistance programming is aligned to support our strategic priorities.”

From Salon ● Jul. 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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