computer programming

noun

The process of designing, writing, testing, debugging, and maintaining the source code of computer programs.

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codingprogrammingprogramingcomputer programing

Meanings

nouncomputer programming (usually uncountable, plural computer programmings)

plural computer programmings · alternative computer-programming

  1. uncountableusuallycomputingThe process of designing, writing, testing, debugging, and maintaining the source code of computer programs.

    Synonyms: coding

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe process of designing, writing, testing, debugging, and maintaining the source code of computer programs.

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More synonyms by meaning

nouncreating a sequence of instructions to enable the computer to do something

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programmingprogramingcomputer programing
Broader
creating by mental acts

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Bulgarian компю́търно програми́ране
  • компю́търно програми́ране (kompjútărno programírane)process
Chinese Mandarin 計算機編程 /计算机编程
  • 計算機編程 /计算机编程 (jìsuànjī biānchéng)process
Danish programmering
  • programmeringprocess
Esperanto programado
  • programadoprocess
Finnish ohjelmointi
  • ohjelmointiprocess
German Computerprogrammierung
  • Computerprogrammierungprocess
Greek προγραμματισμός υπολογιστών
  • προγραμματισμός υπολογιστών (programmatismós ypologistón)process
Irish ríomhchlárú, ríomhchlárúchán
  • ríomhchlárúprocess
  • ríomhchlárúchánprocess
Korean 컴퓨터 프로그래밍
  • 컴퓨터 프로그래밍 (keompyuteo peurogeuraeming)process
Polish programowanie
  • programowanieprocess
Portuguese programação (de computadores)
  • programação (de computadores)process
Romanian programare
  • programareprocess
Slovak programovanie
  • programovanieprocess
Swedish datorprogrammering
  • datorprogrammeringprocess
Turkish bilgisayar programlama
  • bilgisayar programlamaprocess
Cite this entry
APA

computer programming. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/computer%20programming

MLA

“computer programming.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/computer%20programming. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “computer programming,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/computer%20programming.

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