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Engineering vs Programming - What's the difference?

engineering | programming |

As verbs the difference between engineering and programming

is that engineering is while programming is .

As nouns the difference between engineering and programming

is that engineering is (label) the application of mathematics and the physical sciences to the needs of humanity and the development of technology while programming is (broadcasting) the designing, scheduling or planning of a radio or television program / programme.

engineering

English

(wikipedia engineering)

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (label) The application of mathematics and the physical sciences to the needs of humanity and the development of technology.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2014-06-14, volume=411, issue=8891, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= It's a gas , passage=One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains. Isolating a city’s effluent and shipping it away in underground sewers has probably saved more lives than any medical procedure except vaccination.}}
  • The area aboard a ship where the engine is located.

    • Derived terms

    (Derived terms) * aerospace engineering * chemical engineering * civil engineering * control engineering * electrical engineering * engineering society * genetic engineering * geotechnical engineering * information engineering * manufacturing engineering * mechanical engineering * mechatronics engineering * memetic engineering * molecular engineering * protein engineering * reverse engineering * social engineering * software engineering * soil mechanics and engineering * sound engineering * systems engineering * tombstone engineering

    See also

    * science * applied mathematics

    programming

    English

    Verb

    (head)
    • I was programming a new module for the software package.
    He was programming the VCR.

    Noun

    (-)
  • (broadcasting) The designing, scheduling or planning of a radio or television program / programme
    • "The network changed its programming to mess with DVRs again."
  • brain-washing
  • (computing) The act of writing a computer program.
    • "Management wanted to know how much programming the project would need."
  • The software that controls a machine, or the logic or expressed in such software; operating instructions
    • A robot's programming doesn't allow for love.

    Derived terms

    * broadcast programming * computer programming * defensive programming * dynamic programming * evolutionary programming * functional programming * extreme programming * genetic programming * linear programming * logic programming * mathematical programming * programming language * radio programming * television programming

    See also

    *

    External links

    * (wikipedia "programming")