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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

Things like live programming, which don’t account for a lot of viewers, still bring in ad revenue and signups, they said.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026

The first prerecorded news report ever broadcast, their work would mark a technological and programming milestone in the nascent field of radio journalism.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

The expansion was helped by a strong performance from the services sector, and particularly computer programming.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

In their programming, the team repeatedly picked a location in Ukraine's Donetsk region as their target and used VPNs to circumvent Anthropic's geographic blocks.

From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026

In the early 1970s, when Joy was learning about programming, computers were the size of rooms.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell

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