Used in a Sentence

programs

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for programs.

Editorial note

It’s going to take programs encoded as Abstract Syntax Trees (ASTs) as input, which seems quite wrong.

Examples15
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A set of structured activities; a plan of action.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of programs gathered in one view.

noun

A set of structured activities; a plan of action.

noun

A leaflet listing information about a play, game or other activity.

noun

(broadcasting) A performance of a show or other broadcast on radio or television.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for programs.

noun

A set of structured activities; a plan of action.

noun

A leaflet listing information about a play, game or other activity.

noun

(broadcasting) A performance of a show or other broadcast on radio or television.

noun

(politics) A set of principal goals which someone, especially a political party or candidate, supports.

Example sentences

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It’s going to take programs encoded as Abstract Syntax Trees (ASTs) as input, which seems quite wrong.

2

Davis has learned how to write computer programs close to the metal and has done so professionally.

3

Nearly every tech company has extensive internship programs, which are undoubtably an investment in their future workforce.

4

The script runs through a series of programs that could have been started manually as well.

5

In the immediate term, training actually makes the shortage more acute (as you have to move senior engineers into training programs).

6

Seriously - that's what he says: One in particular annoys me because my programs often needed to be optimized for speed.

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The thing though is - there are a lot of local programmers who write Java web backend programs (for Tomcat, or Wildfly/JBoss).

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IHA leads regional and statewide California performance measurement and value-based payment programs, serves as an incubator for pilot programs and demonstration projects, and collaborates with diverse healthcare stakeholders on a variety of critical healthcare issues.

9

Well, Google does have programs to take revenge porn out of many search results, and does (unsurprisingly) have programs to rate truth above falsehood: that's part of the search quality about which they're so passionate.

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Automated programs, called bots, account for 61% of overall internet traffic today — and as the world becomes more digital, this will only increase.

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These programs can be used in such a way that they don't even know the financial institutions you do business with, never mind usernames/passwords.

12

This leads to the chicken-and-egg situation with cleared positions: you need a clearance to work on these programs, but you can't get a clearance for the first time until asked to work on one of these programs.

Quote examples

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I find the "this is defined only once in this function" philosophy to be useful in keeping complexity down in Java programs.

2

"At one point TV had decent programs." As far as too many channels, it's not like you have to constantly look at those channels.

3

This, of course, won't stop people from arguing they have a right not to be tracked or advertised at, which means that they will essentially be arguing in favor of a right to have their programs make fradulent requests in order to get this "free" content.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use programs in a sentence?

It’s going to take programs encoded as Abstract Syntax Trees (ASTs) as input, which seems quite wrong.

What does programs mean?

A set of structured activities; a plan of action.

What part of speech is programs?

programs is commonly used as noun.