JargonFile/entries/program.txt
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program
n. 1. A magic spell cast over a computer allowing it to turn one's input
into error messages. 2. An exercise in experimental epistemology. 3. A form
of art, ostensibly intended for the instruction of computers, which is
nevertheless almost inevitably a failure if other programmers can't
understand it.