Programmer
noun
A person who writes and tests computer code.
As a programmer, John develops software applications for businesses.
Often appears as...
- software programmer
- lead programmer
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Technical
noun
A device that automatically controls the operation of something.
The washing machine's programmer sets the wash cycle.
Often appears as...
- timer programmer
- central heating programmer
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Technical
noun
A person who writes and tests computer code.
As a programmer, John develops software applications for businesses.
Often appears as...
- software programmer
- lead programmer
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A device that automatically controls the operation of something.
The washing machine's programmer sets the wash cycle.
Often appears as...
- timer programmer
- central heating programmer
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Tech Industry
Usually associated with information technology and software development.
She became a programmer at a tech startup.
Pro Tip 2/3Skill Level
Implies various skill levels like junior, senior, or lead programmer.
After five years, he advanced from junior to senior programmer.
Pro Tip 3/3Specialization
Refers to expertise in specific programming areas like web, software, or systems.
Martha is an expert web programmer focused on JavaScript.
Pro Tip 1/3Tech Industry
Usually associated with information technology and software development.
She became a programmer at a tech startup.
Pro Tip 2/3Skill Level
Implies various skill levels like junior, senior, or lead programmer.
After five years, he advanced from junior to senior programmer.
Pro Tip 3/3Specialization
Refers to expertise in specific programming areas like web, software, or systems.
Martha is an expert web programmer focused on JavaScript.
Pro Tip 1/3Tech Industry
Usually associated with information technology and software development.
She became a programmer at a tech startup.
Pro Tip 2/3Skill Level
Implies various skill levels like junior, senior, or lead programmer.
After five years, he advanced from junior to senior programmer.
Pro Tip 3/3Specialization
Refers to expertise in specific programming areas like web, software, or systems.
Martha is an expert web programmer focused on JavaScript.
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immediate real-time access via an open API to all of our research data to our biometrics things like our heartbeats what we're seeing what we're hearing our comments directly involved scientists data artists programmers school kids around the world they can interact with us that's all we share these experiences
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The greatest machine...
really who said I understand what this does and I understand the future of this machine and we owe to her an enormous amount because we know a lot about the machine that Babbage was intending to build because of her now some people call her the first programmer this is actually the from one of the paper that
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The ethical dilemma of...
decreased harmful emissions, and minimized unproductive and stressful driving time. But accidents can and will still happen, and when they do, their outcomes may be determined months or years in advance by programmers or policy makers. And they'll have some difficult decisions to make.
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Reframing Black History...
because if you even think about getting in the door of being working at nasa you probably have to be quiet about a lot you couldn't express the particular kind of things that were most important to you did your job you were a programmer you're working behind the scene working
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Will automation take...
like doctors and nurses, programmers and engineers, marketing and sales managers. Employment is robust in these jobs, employment growth. Similarly, employment growth is robust in many low-skill, low-education jobs like food service, cleaning, security, home health aids.
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The incredible...
In fact, in Go, there are more possible moves than there are atoms in the universe. So in order to win, what AlphaGo had to do was develop intuition. And in fact, at some points, AlphaGo's programmers didn't understand why AlphaGo was doing what it was doing.
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What's the fastest way...
Your partitions could end up lopsided, saving no time at all. Luckily, this rarely happens. That's why QuickSort is one of the most efficient strategies used by programmers today. They use it for things like sorting items in an online store by price,
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Where are all the...
Some say a summer civilization did colonize the galaxy and seeded Earth with life others, that we're living in a cosmic wilderness preserve -- a zoo. Yet others -- that we're living in a simulation. Programmers just haven't revealed the aliens yet.
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Rodney Brooks: Why we...
not to replace office workers, but it respected office workers as being capable of being programmers. So office workers became programmers of spreadsheets. It increased their capabilities. They no longer had to do the mundane computations,
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John Graham-Cumming: The...
So this is what I call Lovelace's Leap. When you say she's a programmer, she did do some, but the real thing is to have said the future is going to be much, much more than this. Now, a hundred years later, this guy comes along,
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Mapping wilderness PIPE...
immediate real-time access via an open API to all of our research data to our biometrics things like our heartbeats what we're seeing what we're hearing our comments directly involved scientists data artists programmers school kids around the world they can interact with us that's all we share these experiences
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The greatest machine...
really who said I understand what this does and I understand the future of this machine and we owe to her an enormous amount because we know a lot about the machine that Babbage was intending to build because of her now some people call her the first programmer this is actually the from one of the paper that
Video examples
The ethical dilemma of...
decreased harmful emissions, and minimized unproductive and stressful driving time. But accidents can and will still happen, and when they do, their outcomes may be determined months or years in advance by programmers or policy makers. And they'll have some difficult decisions to make.
Video examples
Reframing Black History...
because if you even think about getting in the door of being working at nasa you probably have to be quiet about a lot you couldn't express the particular kind of things that were most important to you did your job you were a programmer you're working behind the scene working
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Will automation take...
like doctors and nurses, programmers and engineers, marketing and sales managers. Employment is robust in these jobs, employment growth. Similarly, employment growth is robust in many low-skill, low-education jobs like food service, cleaning, security, home health aids.
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The incredible...
In fact, in Go, there are more possible moves than there are atoms in the universe. So in order to win, what AlphaGo had to do was develop intuition. And in fact, at some points, AlphaGo's programmers didn't understand why AlphaGo was doing what it was doing.
Video examples
What's the fastest way...
Your partitions could end up lopsided, saving no time at all. Luckily, this rarely happens. That's why QuickSort is one of the most efficient strategies used by programmers today. They use it for things like sorting items in an online store by price,
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Where are all the...
Some say a summer civilization did colonize the galaxy and seeded Earth with life others, that we're living in a cosmic wilderness preserve -- a zoo. Yet others -- that we're living in a simulation. Programmers just haven't revealed the aliens yet.
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Rodney Brooks: Why we...
not to replace office workers, but it respected office workers as being capable of being programmers. So office workers became programmers of spreadsheets. It increased their capabilities. They no longer had to do the mundane computations,
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John Graham-Cumming: The...
So this is what I call Lovelace's Leap. When you say she's a programmer, she did do some, but the real thing is to have said the future is going to be much, much more than this. Now, a hundred years later, this guy comes along,
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Tim O'Reilly
Irish Businessman
I find that creative streak I think often leads in programmers to be good predictors of where culture as a whole is going to go. And that is where I think I've tried over the years to in some ways use my customers as a filter or a predictor of where technology as a whole is going to go. Or where the world as a whole is going to go.
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Kara Swisher
American Journalist
On demand' is more than just a series of clicks on your still-too-complicated remote control. In fact, it is now the best way to describe what the cable industry - from programmers to content makers to distributors - imagine their world is. Services and content available to very demanding consumers, wherever, whenever, however.
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John Carmack
American Scientist
It is a shame that homebrew development can't be officially sanctioned and supported, because it would be a wonderful platform for a modern generation of programmers to be able to get a real feel for low level design work, to be contrasted with the high level web and application work that so many entry level people start with.
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Bobby Kotick
American Businessman
I think that's the responsibility of the CEO and the CEOs below me: to make sure that we're constantly putting people in places where they have the opportunity to develop into those careers but also having a rewards and recognition system that allows a great programmer to stay as a great programmer.
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Shigeru Miyamoto
Japanese Designer
Our job as the game creators or developers - the programmers, artists, and whatnot - is that we have to kind of put ourselves in the user's shoes. We try to see what they're seeing, and then make it, and support what we think they might think.
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Jason Fried
American Businessman
I'm a designer, but I rely on programmers to bring my ideas to life. By learning to code myself, I think I can make things easier for all of us. Similarly, I want to be able to build things on my own without having to bother a programmer.
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Satoru Iwata
Japanese Businessman
People sometimes ask me what I did when I was hired at HAL. The answer is that I was a programmer. And an engineer. And a designer. And I marketed our games. I also ordered food. And I helped clean up. And, it was all great fun.
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Bill Budge
American Businessman
It always helps to be a good programmer. It is important to like computers and to be able to think of things people would want to do with their computers.
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Marco Arment
American Businessman
Programmers work in bursts of productivity. Then, they let the brain rest and get back into it. A lot about the office world is not a great fit for me.
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Kent Beck
American Businessman
The world is changing, and I believe that, if I want to stay employed as a programmer, I'm going to have to change with it.
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Tim O'Reilly
Irish Businessman
I find that creative streak I think often leads in programmers to be good predictors of where culture as a whole is going to go. And that is where I think I've tried over the years to in some ways use my customers as a filter or a predictor of where technology as a whole is going to go. Or where the world as a whole is going to go.
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Kara Swisher
American Journalist
On demand' is more than just a series of clicks on your still-too-complicated remote control. In fact, it is now the best way to describe what the cable industry - from programmers to content makers to distributors - imagine their world is. Services and content available to very demanding consumers, wherever, whenever, however.
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John Carmack
American Scientist
It is a shame that homebrew development can't be officially sanctioned and supported, because it would be a wonderful platform for a modern generation of programmers to be able to get a real feel for low level design work, to be contrasted with the high level web and application work that so many entry level people start with.
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Bobby Kotick
American Businessman
I think that's the responsibility of the CEO and the CEOs below me: to make sure that we're constantly putting people in places where they have the opportunity to develop into those careers but also having a rewards and recognition system that allows a great programmer to stay as a great programmer.
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Shigeru Miyamoto
Japanese Designer
Our job as the game creators or developers - the programmers, artists, and whatnot - is that we have to kind of put ourselves in the user's shoes. We try to see what they're seeing, and then make it, and support what we think they might think.
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Jason Fried
American Businessman
I'm a designer, but I rely on programmers to bring my ideas to life. By learning to code myself, I think I can make things easier for all of us. Similarly, I want to be able to build things on my own without having to bother a programmer.
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Satoru Iwata
Japanese Businessman
People sometimes ask me what I did when I was hired at HAL. The answer is that I was a programmer. And an engineer. And a designer. And I marketed our games. I also ordered food. And I helped clean up. And, it was all great fun.
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Bill Budge
American Businessman
It always helps to be a good programmer. It is important to like computers and to be able to think of things people would want to do with their computers.
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Marco Arment
American Businessman
Programmers work in bursts of productivity. Then, they let the brain rest and get back into it. A lot about the office world is not a great fit for me.
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Kent Beck
American Businessman
The world is changing, and I believe that, if I want to stay employed as a programmer, I'm going to have to change with it.
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