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Programming vs Nonprogramming - What's the difference?

programming | nonprogramming |

As a verb programming

is .

As a noun programming

is (broadcasting) the designing, scheduling or planning of a radio or television program / programme.

As an adjective nonprogramming is

not of or pertaining to computer programming.

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")

    nonprogramming

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Not of or pertaining to computer programming.
  • * 2000 , Jakob Nielsen, Usability engineering
    • Even for nonprogramming tasks, the ratio between the best and the worst users' performance is typically a factor of between 4 and 10.
  • Who does not program a computer.
  • * 2003 , Jennifer Niederst Robbins, Learning Web design: a beginner's guide to HTML, graphics, and beyond
    • For nonprogramming types who just want a basic DHTML trick (such as animation), once again, web-authoring tools come to the rescue.