Definition of program

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pro·gram    (prgrm, -grm) KEY 

NOUN:

1. 1. A listing of the order of events and other pertinent information for a public presentation.
   2. The presentation itself: a program of piano pieces.
2. A scheduled radio or television show.
3. An ordered list of events to take place or procedures to be followed; a schedule: a program of physical therapy for a convalescent.
4. A system of services, opportunities, or projects, usually designed to meet a social need: "Working parents rely on the center's after-school latchkey program" (New York Times).
5. 1. A course of academic study; a curriculum.
   2. A plan or system of academic and related or ancillary activities: a work-study program.
   3. A plan or system of nonacademic extracurricular activities: the football program.
6. A set of coded instructions that enables a machine, especially a computer, to perform a desired sequence of operations.
7. An instruction sequence in programmed instruction.

TRANSITIVE VERB:
pro·grammed or pro·gramed, pro·gram·ming or pro·gram·ing, pro·grams

1. To include or schedule in a program: program a new musical composition.
2. To design a program for; schedule the activities of.
3. To provide (a machine) with a set of coded working instructions.
4. To train to perform automatically in a desired way, as if programming a machine: programmed the children to use perfect table manners.
5. To prepare an instructional sequence for (material to be taught) in programmed instruction.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Late Latin programma, public notice, from Greek programma, programmat-, from prographein, to write publicly : pro-, forth ; see pro-² + graphein, to write; see gerbh- in Indo-European roots

OTHER FORMS:
pro·gramma·bili·ty(Noun), programma·ble(Adjective)