initialprogramming
nounUK /ɪˈnɪʃəl ˈprəʊɡræmɪŋ/
US /ɪˈnɪʃəl ˈproʊɡræmɪŋ/
Initial programming is the first set of instructions you give a computer to make it start doing something.
The initial programming of the robot took two hours before it could walk.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. The first stage of writing a program, before testing and fixing it.
During initial programming, she wrote the main steps of the game.
3. The default instructions built into a device when it is first made.
The toy's initial programming makes it say hello when you turn it on.
4. The act of planning the first version of a computer program.
Initial programming helps decide what the app will do.