orderedprogram
nounUK /ˈɔːdəd ˈprəʊɡræm/
US /ˈɔːrdərd ˈproʊɡræm/
A set of steps a computer follows in a fixed order.
The robot moved because the orderedprogram told it what to do first, next, and last.
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2. A list of tasks arranged in the order they must be done.
She wrote an orderedprogram for the school fair so nothing was forgotten.
3. A plan where each step depends on the one before it.
Building the model was an orderedprogram: cut, glue, then paint.
4. A set of computer instructions that always runs the same way.
The game's orderedprogram made the character jump at the same moment every time.