programmer

noun

pro·​gram·​mer ˈprō-ˌgra-mər How to pronounce programmer (audio)
-grə-
variants or less commonly programer
: one that programs: such as
a
: a person who prepares and tests programs for devices (such as computers)
b
: one that programs a mechanism
c
: one that prepares an instructional program
d
: a person who plans or prepares entertainment programs
a television programmer

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This year’s competition was adjudicated by Faridah Gbadamosi, veteran film programmer currently serving as senior programmer at Tribeca Festival. Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 25 Nov. 2024 Armando Solar-Lezama, who, as the leader of M.I.T.’s Computer Assisted Programming Group, spends his days thinking about how to bring more automation into coding, said A.I. tools still lacked a lot of the essential skills of even junior programmers. Sarah Kessler, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024 That sense of crowd-pleasing occasion has clearly been on the minds of the Tokyo festival programmers and Japanese distributors. Mark Schilling, Variety, 4 Nov. 2024 That’s what machine learning is: Instead of a human programmer writing all the lines of code, the machine does it. Gillian Hadfield, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for programmer 

Word History

First Known Use

1875, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of programmer was in 1875

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“Programmer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/programmer. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.

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programmer

noun
pro·​gram·​mer
variants also programer
ˈprō-ˌgram-ər How to pronounce programmer (audio)
-grə-mər
: a person who writes computer programs

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