programmatic composition
nounUK /ˌprəʊɡrəˈmætɪk ˌkɒmpəˈzɪʃən/
US /ˌproʊɡrəˈmætɪk ˌkɑːmpəˈzɪʃən/
Making music by telling a computer what to do.
The composer used programmatic composition to turn weather data into a song.
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2. Writing software by combining small, reusable parts.
The team's programmatic composition kept the codebase tidy and easy to test.
3. Building a piece of art or text from set rules and inputs.
Her programmatic composition of poems used a simple word list and grammar rules.
4. Arranging tasks or steps so a machine can run them in order.
Programmatic composition of the workflow let the robot finish each stage automatically.