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program | hitler |

As nouns the difference between program and hitler

is that program is program, programme while hitler is (derogatory) an unnecessarily dictatorial person.

As a proper noun hitler is

a surname of austrian origin.

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.
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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?

    • 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

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    hitler

    English

    (Adolf Hitler)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A surname of Austrian origin.
  • , dictator of Germany between 1933 and 1945.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1964, author=David Hugh Freeman, title=A Philosophical Study of Religion
    • , passage=The question makes no sense, unless the questioner is satisfied with such answers as: Death is evil, pain is evil, Hitler is evil. citation
  • * {{quote-book, year=1977, title=Providence and Evil, author=Peter Thomas Geach
    • , passage=Similarly, the description we give of God’s knowledge concerning Hitler' has to be different after '''Hitler'''’s death; it is manifest that there has been a change on ' Hitler ’s side, and that this, in view of the logic of omniscience, makes a difference to what we can truly say about God’s knowledge; ... citation
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  • * {{quote-book, year=2007, title=The God Delusion, author=Richard Dawkins
    • , passage=People do evil things (Hitler , Stalin, Saddam Hussein). citation

    Derived terms

    * Hitlerian * Hitlerish * Hitlerism * Hitlerite

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (derogatory) An unnecessarily dictatorial person.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1986, author=William Borman, title=Gandhi and Non-Violence
    • , passage=How does he support his position against the prima facie case in favor of the strongly counterintuitive claim that non-violence would necessarily defeat a Hitler ?}}

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