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Computer program has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

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Noun
1

(computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute

"the program required several hundred lines of code"

2

A complete piece of software. A set of instructions for a computer. This term can refer to either the executable form that a computer can execute (executable code) or the human readable form (source code). (Several programs, each of which does a task, can be collected as a software package or suite).

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