Program

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The Jargon File

Parts of this article are based on the Jargon File, v. 4.4.7,
a public domain document of hacker jargon.

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program
Usage: n.


program: n.

  1. A magic spell cast over a computer allowing it to turn one's input into error messages.
  2. An exercise in experimental epistemology.
  3. A form of art, ostensibly intended for the instruction of computers, which is nevertheless almost inevitably a failure if other programmers can't understand it.
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Sources

Source: program, in The Jargon File, version 4.4.7.


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