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Program vs Bitness - What's the difference?

program | bitness |

As nouns the difference between program and bitness

is that program is program, programme while bitness is (computing) the architecture of a computer system or program in terms of how many bits compose the basic values it can deal with.

program

English

Alternative forms

* programme (see usage notes)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A set of structured activities.
  • :
  • A leaflet listing information about a play, game or other activity.
  • :
  • 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.
  • :
  • 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?

    • 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): application

    Derived terms

    * programme block * program counter * program evaluation and review technique * program guide * program music * program slicer * program trading

    Verb

    (programm)
  • 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.
    • I programmed a small game as a demonstration.
  • 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.

    • Related terms

    * programmable * programmer

    External links

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    bitness

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (computing) The architecture of a computer system or program in terms of how many bits compose the basic values it can deal with.
  • * 1995 , InfoWorld (volume 17, number 30, August 1995)
    • Execute an API or DLL call of the wrong bitness from within any of these programs and the result is an unrecoverable run-time error.
  • * 1995 , Microsoft Corporation, Microsoft office 95 data access reference
    • Thunking allows parameters to be pushed correctly on the stack, enables a DLL of a different bitness to load in your process, and converts memory addresses...
  • * 1997 , Stan Mitchell, Inside the Windows 95 file system
    • Since both user mode and kernel mode have the same "bitness ," 16-bit and 32-bit stacks do not need to be distinguished.
  • * 1998 , Chris Sells, Windows telephony programming: a developer's guide to TAPI
    • Table 7.1 summarizes the bitness requirements for TSPs under the various versions of TAPI and Windows.