programmings

Noun

programming (usually uncountable, plural programmings)

1. (usually) The designing, scheduling or planning of a radio or television program/programme.
   • The network changed its programming to mess with DVRs again.
2. (usually) The design and scheduling of a performance such as ballet.
   • Now it has become a regular part of City Ballet's programming this season.2000, Dance Reviews, page 218
3. (usually) The act of writing a computer program.
   • Management wanted to know how much programming the project would need.
4. (usually) The software that controls a machine, or the logic expressed in such software; operating instructions.
   • A robot's programming doesn't allow for love.
5. (usually) Brain-washing.
6. (usually) A conditioned response.
   • Together with this is the influence of an infinite number of neurotransmitters, neurohormones, environmental hazards, and accidental programmings.2016, David R. Hawkins, The Eye of the I: From Which Nothing is Hidden, page 142