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metaprogram

metaprogram noun: a thinking pattern which determines what information a person takes note of and what information they screen out.

Noun

metaprogram (plural metaprograms)

  1. (neurolinguistic programming) A thinking pattern which determines what information a person takes note of and what information they screen out.
  2. A computer program that writes or manipulates other programs as data, or does the work at runtime that would otherwise be done at compile time.

Forms of metaprogram

pluralmetaprograms
alternative formmetaprogramme

Origin of metaprogram

From meta- + program.

Words formed from metaprogram

Questions about metaprogram

What does metaprogram mean?
Metaprogram means a thinking pattern which determines what information a person takes note of and what information they screen out.
What part of speech is metaprogram?
Metaprogram is a noun.
What is the plural of metaprogram?
The plural of metaprogram is metaprograms.

Words near metaprogram in the dictionary

  1. metaproblem
  2. metaproblematic
  3. metaproblems
  4. metaprocess
  5. metaprocesses
  6. metaprogram
  7. metaprogrammable
  8. metaprogramme
  9. metaprogrammer
  10. metaprogrammers
  11. metaprogrammes

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