1. A formal set of procedures for conducting an activity. 2. An ordered list of instructions directing a computer to carry out a desired sequence of operations required to solve a problem.
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pro·gram or chiefly Brit pro·gramme 'prō-.gram, -grəm n a sequence of coded instructions (as genes or behavioral responses) that is part of an organism
1) to code in an organism's program
2) to provide with a biological program <cells programmed to synthesize hemoglobin>
Medical dictionary. 2011.