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reprogram en · VERB

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English program English reprogram From re- + program.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To program anew or differently.
    • Installing a new hard drive would require a modchip that can reprogram or bypass the hard drive lock. 2003, Andrew Huang, Hacking the Xbox: an introduction to reverse engineering:
  2. (broadly, transitive) To make a fundamental change to the behaviour or habits of.
  3. To shift funds appropriated for one government program to a different government program.
    • This deferral is reported to give Congress time to consider a request to reprogram the funds. 1976, Gerald R. Ford, “Special Message to the Congress Reporting on Budget Decisions and Referrals”, in Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Gerald R. Ford, published 1979, page 2097:
    • Technically, DOE did not need authority to reprogram the funds as long as the spending didn't span different appropriation line items. 1993, Diane Publishing Company, Defense Conversion: Redirecting R & D, page 110:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
reprogramed Tense=Past rare lexicographic
reprogramed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part rare lexicographic
reprograming Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part rare lexicographic
reprogramming Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
reprograms Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
reprogrammed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
reprogrammed Tense=Past lexicographic
reprogramme alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

reprogrammer

Relateds

refactor

Synonyms

recode

Translations (1)

es reprogramar (Translations)