to program a computer to do sth
1program — ▪ I. program pro‧gram 1 [ˈprəʊgræm ǁ ˈproʊ ] noun [countable] 1. COMPUTING also computer program a set of instructions used to make a computer perform a particular task; = SOFTWARE …
2program — noun 1 set of instructions for a computer ADJECTIVE ▪ computer, software ▪ analysis, database, design, desktop publishing, drawing, graphics, simulation …
3computer — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ fast, high speed, powerful ▪ sophisticated, state of the art ▪ desktop, hand held, laptop, mobile …
4program — pro|gram1 W1 [ˈprəugræm US ˈprou ] n [Date: 1600 1700; : French; Origin: programme, from Greek, from prographein to write before ] 1.) a set of instructions given to a computer to make it perform an operation ▪ a word processing program 2.) the… …
5program — 1 noun (C) 1 a set of instructions given to a computer to make it perform an operation: a new program for forecasting sales figures 2 the American spelling of programme 2 verb programmed, programming (T) 1 to give a computer a set of instructions …
6fire sth up — UK US fire sth up Phrasal Verb with fire({{}}/faɪər/ verb [T] (UK ALSO sack) INFORMAL ► IT to start a machine, piece of equipment, computer program, etc.: »I fired up my computer and noticed that it was running extremely slowly …
7disk — noun ⇨ See also ↑disc ADJECTIVE ▪ computer ▪ hard ▪ CD ROM, DVD ▪ CD R, CD RW, DVD R …
8write — Sell an option. Applies to derivative products. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * write write [raɪt] verb wrote PASTTENSE [rəʊt ǁ roʊt] written PASTPART [ˈrɪtn] 1. [intransitive, transitive] to form letters or numbers with a pen or pencil …
9close*/*/*/ — [kləʊz] verb I 1) [I/T] if you close something, or if it closes, it moves to cover an open area I was just closing my eyes to go to sleep when the phone rang.[/ex] Did the fridge door close completely?[/ex] 2) [I/T] to stop doing business for a… …
10embed — em‧bed [ɪmˈbed] verb embedded PTandPPX embedding PRESPARTX [transitive] COMPUTING to put something such as an image, sound etc into a page on a Internet website or into a program, using computer code S …
