Phrase guide

computer program

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A sequence or a set of instructions in a programming language for a computer to execute.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

A complete piece of software.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

(computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the program required several hundred lines of code

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: program, programme, computer programme

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: software, software program, computer software, software system, software package, package

Narrower terms: anti-virus program, application, application program, applications programme, binary, binary program, loop, malevolent program, patch, assembler, assembly program, checking program, compiler, compiling program, debugger, interface, user interface, interpreter, interpretive program, job control, library program, monitor program, monitoring program, object program, target program, source program, parser, tagger, tagging program, relocatable program, reusable program, Web Map Service, Web Map Server, search engine, self-adapting program, spider, wanderer, spreadsheet, stored program, supervisory program, supervisor, executive program, syntax checker, system program, systems program, systems software, text-matching, translator, translating program, utility program, utility, service program, LISP program, FORTRAN program, C program

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

55 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: rekenaarprogram — software
  • Armenian: համակարգչային ծրագիր (hamakargčʻayin cragir) — software
  • Azerbaijani: kompüter proqramı — software
  • Bulgarian: компю́търна програ́ма (kompjútǎrna prográma) — software
  • Chinese Mandarin: 計算機程式 /计算机程式 (jìsuànjī chéngshì) — software
  • Chinese Mandarin: 計算機程序 /计算机程序 (jìsuànjī chéngxù) — software
  • Chinese Mandarin: 電腦程式 /电脑程式 (diànnǎo chéngshì) — software
  • Chuvash: компьютер программи (kompʹjut̬er programmi) — software
  • Czech: počítačový program — software
  • Danish: computerprogram — software
  • Dutch: computerprogramma — software
  • Esperanto: komputilprogramo — software
  • Estonian: arvutiprogramm — software
  • Finnish: tietokoneohjelma — software
  • French: logiciel — software
  • Galician: programa de ordenador — software
  • Georgian: კომპიუტერული პროგრამა (ḳomṗiuṭeruli ṗrograma) — software
  • German: Computerprogramm — software
  • Greek: υπολογιστικό πρόγραμμα (ypologistikó prógramma) — software
  • Hebrew: תוכנית מחשב (tokhnít makhshév) — software
  • Hindi: कम्प्यूटर प्रोग्राम (kampyūṭar progrām) — software
  • Hungarian: számítógépes program — software
  • Icelandic: tölvuforrit — software
  • Ido: komputerprogramo — software
  • Indonesian: program komputer — software
  • Irish: ríomhchlár — software
  • Japanese: コンピュータプログラム (konpyūta puroguramu) — software
  • Kazakh: компьютер программасы (kompüter programmasy) — software
  • Khmer: កម្មវិធីកំព្យូទ័រ (kamvithii kompyuutɔə) — software
  • Korean: 컴퓨터 프로그램 (keompyuteo peurogeuraem) — software
  • Kyrgyz: компьютердик программа (kompyuterdik programma) — software
  • Lao: ປະໂລກະລໍາ ແອງຟອກມາຕິກ (pa lō ka lam ʼǣng fǭk mā tik) — software
  • Latvian: datorprogramma — software
  • Lithuanian: kompiuterinė programa — software
  • Macedonian: компјутерска програма (kompjuterska programa) — software
  • Malay: program komputer — software
  • Norwegian Bokmål: dataprogram — software
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: dataprogram — software
  • Polish: program komputerowy — software
  • Portuguese: programa de computador — software
  • Romanian: program de calculator — software
  • Romanian: program de computer — software
  • Romanian: software — software
  • Russian: компью́терная програ́мма (kompʹjútɛrnaja prográmma) — software
  • Serbo-Croatian: računalni program — software
  • Slovene: računalniški program — software
  • Sotho: lenaneo la khomputha — software
  • Spanish: programa de ordenador — software
  • Swahili: programu ya kompyuta — software
  • Swedish: datorprogram — software
  • Thai: โปรแกรมคอมพิวเตอร์ — software
  • Turkish: bilgisayar programı — software
  • Vietnamese: chương trình máy tính — software
  • Volapük: nünömaprogram — software
  • Yakut: көмпүүтэр программата (kömpüüter programmata) — software