Fixed vs Programmed - What's the difference?
fixed | programmed |
(fix)
Not changing, not able to be changed, staying the same.
Stationary.
Attached; affixed
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Chemically stable.
Supplied with what one needs.
(legal) Of sound, recorded on a permanent medium.
(dialectal, informal) Surgically rendered infertile (spayed, neutered or castrated).
Rigged; fraudulently prearranged.
(program)
(programme)
A set of structured activities.
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A leaflet listing information about a play, game or other activity.
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A performance of a show or other broadcast on radio or television.
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(lb) A software application, or a collection of software applications, designed to perform a specific task.
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A particular mindset or method of doing things.
*Ellis in the movie Die Hard
*:Come on, John, why don’t you get with the program and tell him where the detonators are?
To enter a program or other instructions into (a computer or other electronic device) to instruct it to do a particular task.
* He programmed the DVR to record his favorite show.
To develop (software) by writing program code.
To put together the schedule of an event.
* Mary will program Tuesday’s festivities.
To cause to automatically behave in a particular way.
* The lab rat was programmed to press the lever when the bell rang.
As verbs the difference between fixed and programmed
is that fixed is (fix) while programmed is (program).As an adjective fixed
is not changing, not able to be changed, staying the same.fixed
English
Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)- fixed assets
- I work fixed''' hours for a '''fixed salary.
- Every religion has its own fixed ideas.
- ''He looked at me with a fixed glare.
- The closest affinities of the Jubulaceae are with the Lejeuneaceae. The two families share in common: (a ) elaters usually 1-spiral, trumpet-shaped and fixed to the capsule valves, distally
- She's nicely fixed after two divorce settlements.
- In the United States, recordings are only granted copyright protection when the sounds in the recording were fixed and first published on or after February 15, 1972.
- a fixed''' tomcat''; the ''she-cat'' has been '''fixed
Synonyms
* stable, immobileAntonyms
* mobileDerived terms
* fixed-gear bicycle * fixed-point * fixed-term * fixed-term contract * fixed addresses * fixed air * fixed asset * fixed assets * fixed charge * fixed charges * fixed costs * fixed disk * fixed disks * fixed feast * * * fixed income * fixed incomes * fixed limit * fixed point * fixed points * fixed route * fixed satellite * fixed satellites * fixed set * fixed sets * fixed star * fixed stars * fixed wave * fixed waves * fixedly * fixedness * fixednesses * fixetySee also
* broken * crooked * bribeExternal links
*programmed
English
Verb
(head)program
English
Alternative forms
* programme (see usage notes)Noun
(en noun)Usage notes
* Usage of program'' and ''programme : ** US: program is the only spelling normally used. ** UK: programme'' is used in all cases except for computer code, in which case ''program'' is generally used. Older sources may use ''programme for computer code. ** Canada: both program'' and ''programme'' are used, but ''programme is more common. ** Australia: program'' is endorsed by the Australian government, but ''programme is most common. ** New Zealand: programme'' is favoured by New Zealand dictionaries, and is endorsed by government usage; ''program is rarely seen outside the computing meaning.Synonyms
* (leaflet): playbill (for a play ) * (software application): applicationDerived terms
* programme block * program counter * program evaluation and review technique * program guide * program music * program slicer * program tradingVerb
(programm)- I programmed a small game as a demonstration.
