programming

3 definitions found

programming - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  programming
      n 1: setting an order and time for planned events [syn:
           scheduling, programming, programing]
      2: creating a sequence of instructions to enable the computer to
         do something [syn: programming, programing, computer   programming
         , computer programing]

programming - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  programming
  
     1. The art of debugging a blank sheet of paper (or, in these
     days of on-line editing, the art of debugging an empty file).
  
     2. A pastime similar to banging one's head against a wall, but
     with fewer opportunities for reward.
  
     3. The most fun you can have with your clothes on (although
     clothes are not mandatory).
  
     [Jargon File]
  
     (2003-02-12)
  

programming - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  programming
   n.
  
     1. The art of debugging a blank sheet of paper (or, in these days of
     on-line editing, the art of debugging an empty file). "Bloody
     instructions which, being taught, return to plague their inventor"
     (Macbeth, Act 1, Scene 7)
  
     2. A pastime similar to banging one's head against a wall, but with
     fewer opportunities for reward.
  
     3. The most fun you can have with your clothes on.
  
     4. The least fun you can have with your clothes off.