programming task

noun
UK /ˈprəʊ.ɡræm.ɪŋ tɑːsk/
US /ˈproʊ.ɡræm.ɪŋ tæsk/

A job that tells a computer what to do.

My programming task was to make the robot move forward.


OTHER MEANINGS

2. A piece of work assigned to a programmer in a project.

She finished her programming task before lunch.

3. A problem to solve by writing computer instructions.

The contest gave each team a programming task to complete.

4. A step in a plan that a computer program carries out.

Saving the file is the last programming task in the app.