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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

Any attempt to tamper with programming would surface during testing by election officials and be corrected, they said.

From Salon ● Nov. 3, 2026

But going all-in on the Cardinal and Gold wasn’t necessarily the network’s plan going into the season, according to Justin Byczek, NBC’s executive vice president of programming and rights management.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

Critical vulnerabilities in PHP — a commonly used programming language — that website operators are rushing to patch are also concerns among managers he’s speaking to.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026

Companies and government agencies rushed this week to patch two critical flaws in PHP, the programming language that runs a large share of the world's websites.

From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2026

It wasn’t until the mid-1960s that a solution to the programming problem emerged.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell

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