reprogramming
reprogramming is the present participle and gerund of reprogram.
reprogramming is the present participle and gerund of reprogramme.
Noun
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
Meaning of reprogram
Verb
reprogram (third-person singular simple present reprograms, present participle reprogramming or (rare) reprograming, simple past and past participle reprogrammed or (rare) reprogramed)
- 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
- 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
Forms of reprogramming
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Questions about reprogramming
- What does reprogramming mean?
- Reprogramming means the act by which something is reprogrammed.
- What is reprogramming the present participle and gerund of?
- Reprogramming is the present participle and gerund of reprogram.
- What part of speech is reprogramming?
- Reprogramming is a noun.
- What is the plural of reprogramming?
- The plural of reprogramming is reprogrammings.
Words near reprogramming in the dictionary
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