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<div class="side-box-text plainlist">Look up <i><b><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/programme" class="extiw external" title="wiktionary:programme">programme</a></b></i>, <i><b><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/program" class="extiw external" title="wiktionary:program">program</a></b></i>, <i><b><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/programming" class="extiw external" title="wiktionary:programming">programming</a></b></i>, or <i><b><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/programmer" class="extiw external" title="wiktionary:programmer">programmer</a></b></i> in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.</div></div>
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<p><b>Program</b> (American English; also Commonwealth English in terms of computer programming and related activities) or <b>programme</b> (Commonwealth English in all other meanings), <b>programmer</b>, or <b>programming</b> may refer to:
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Business_and_management">Business and management</h2></div>
<ul><li><a href="Program_management" title="Program management">Program management</a>, the process of managing several related projects</li>
<li><a href="Time_management" title="Time management">Time management</a></li>
<li>Program, a part of <a href="Planning" title="Planning">planning</a></li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Arts_and_entertainment">Arts and entertainment</h2></div>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Audio">Audio</h3></div>
<ul><li><a href="Programming_(music)" title="Programming (music)">Programming (music)</a>, generating music electronically</li>
<li><a href="Radio_programming" title="Radio programming">Radio programming</a>, act of scheduling content for radio</li>
<li><a href="Synthesizer_programmer" class="mw-redirect" title="Synthesizer programmer">Synthesizer programmer</a>, a person who develops the instrumentation for a piece of music</li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Video_or_television">Video or television</h3></div>
<ul><li><a href="Broadcast_programming" title="Broadcast programming">Broadcast programming</a>, scheduling content for television</li>
<li><a href="Program_music" title="Program music">Program music</a>, a type of art music that attempts to render musically an extra-musical narrative</li>
<li><a href="Synthesizer_patch" class="mw-redirect" title="Synthesizer patch">Synthesizer patch</a> or program, a synthesizer setting stored in memory</li>
<li>"Program", an instrumental song by Linkin Park from <i><a href="LP_Underground_11.0" class="mw-redirect" title="LP Underground 11.0">LP Underground Eleven</a></i></li>
<li>Programmer, a film on the lower half of a double feature bill; see <a href="B-movie" class="mw-redirect" title="B-movie">B-movie</a></li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Science_and_technology">Science and technology</h2></div>
<ul><li><a href="Computer_program" title="Computer program">Computer program</a>, a set of instructions that describes to a computer how to perform a specific task</li>
<li><a href="Computer_programming" title="Computer programming">Computer programming</a>, the act of instructing computers to perform tasks
<ul><li><a href="Programming_language" title="Programming language">Programming language</a>, an artificial language designed to communicate instructions to a machine</li>
<li><a href="Game_programming" class="mw-redirect" title="Game programming">Game programming</a>, the software development of video games</li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Mathematical_programming" class="mw-redirect" title="Mathematical programming">Mathematical programming</a>, or optimization, is the selection of a best element</li>
<li><a href="Programmer" title="Programmer">Programmer</a>, a person who writes software</li>
<li><a href="Programmer_(hardware)" title="Programmer (hardware)">Programmer (hardware)</a>, a physical device that configures electronic circuits</li>
<li><a href="Program_(machine)" title="Program (machine)">Program (machine)</a>, a technical setting stored in the memory of a machine or piece of hardware to be executed, including computers</li>
<li><a href="Research_program" title="Research program">Research program</a>, a professional network of scientists conducting basic research</li>
<li><a href="Software_engineer" class="mw-redirect" title="Software engineer">Software engineer</a>, someone who participates in a software development process</li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_uses">Other uses</h2></div>
<ul><li><a href="Media_Programme_of_the_European_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="Media Programme of the European Union">Media Programme of the European Union</a></li>
<li><a href="Program_(German_non-profit)" title="Program (German non-profit)">Program (German non-profit)</a>, a project space in Berlin for art and architecture</li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div>
<ul><li><a href="Application_software" title="Application software">Application software</a></li>
<li><a href="Deprogramming" title="Deprogramming">Deprogramming</a></li>
<li><a href="Dramatic_programming" class="mw-redirect" title="Dramatic programming">Dramatic programming</a>, fictional television content</li>
<li><a href="Neuro-linguistic_programming" title="Neuro-linguistic programming">Neuro-linguistic programming</a>, a pseudoscientific method aimed at modifying human behavior</li>
<li><a href="Twelve-step_program" title="Twelve-step program">Twelve-step program</a>, a set of guiding principles for recovery from addiction, compulsion, or other behavioral problems</li>
<li><a href="The_Program_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="The Program (disambiguation)">The Program (disambiguation)</a></li></ul>
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