different between programmes vs programmer

English

Noun

programmes

1. plural of programme

Verb

programmes

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of programme

Anagrams

• spermogram

French

Verb

programmes

1. second-person singular present indicative of programmer
2. second-person singular present subjunctive of programmer

English

Etymology

• program +? -er (US) / programme +? -er (UK)

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p?????æm?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?p?o???æm?/

Noun

programmer (plural programmers)

1. (computing) One who writes computer programs; a software developer.

   Synonym: coder

2. One who decides which programs will be shown on a television station, or which songs will be played on a radio station.
3. A device that installs or controls a software program in some other machine.
   • 2015, Brian Scaddan, Electrical Installation Work (page 201)

     This system comprises a boiler with its own thermostat to regulate the water temperature, a pump, a hot-water storage tank, a room thermostat and some form of timed programmer.

4. (now rare) A short film feature as part of a longer film program.
   • 2019, Delia Malia Caparoso Konzett, Hollywood at the Intersection of Race and Identity

     As a programmer, the Chan series is linked to the B picture, known for its low production value and overt, disruptive, unpolished, even lurid narratives.

Translations

See also

• code monkey
• developer
• IT
• software engineer
• systems analyst

French

Etymology

From programme +? -er.

Verb

programmer

1. to program
2. (computing) to program, to write program code

Conjugation

Related terms

• obsolescence programmée
• programmateur
• programmation

Further reading

• “programmer” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• (of noun) program

Noun

programmer n

1. indefinite plural of program

Verb

programmer

1. imperative of programmere