reprograming

reprograming is the present participle and gerund of reprogram.

reprograming is the alternative form of reprogramming.

Meaning of reprogram

reprogram (third-person singular simple present reprograms, present participle reprogramming or (rare) reprograming, simple past and past participle reprogrammed or (rare) reprogramed)

(transitive) To program anew or differently.
- Installing a new hard drive would require a modchip that can reprogram or bypass the hard drive lock.2003, Andrew Huang, Hacking the Xbox: an introduction to reverse engineering
Synonyms:

recode
(broadly, transitive) To make a fundamental change to the behaviour or habits of.
To shift funds appropriated for one government program to a different government program.
- Technically, DOE did not need authority to reprogram the funds as long as the spending didn't span different appropriation line items.1993, Diane Publishing Company, Defense Conversion: Redirecting R & D, page 110

reprogramming (countable and uncountable, plural reprogrammings)

The act by which something is reprogrammed.
- Though some of my adaptations are deliberate, […] most have occurred by themselves, unconsciously, by reprogrammings and adaptations of which I know nothing […]1995, Oliver Sacks, An Anthropologist on Mars
The process of changing the programming of a system or device
The erasure and reestablishment of DNA methylation during mammalian development

plural	reprogramings

What is reprograming the present participle and gerund of?: Reprograming is the present participle and gerund of reprogram.

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