: a person who plans or prepares entertainment programs
a television programmer
Examples of programmer in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebThe suit, which was filed July 26 in New York State Supreme Court, alleges that the NBA breached Turner Broadcasting’s current deal by allegedly refusing to honor the cable programmer’s rights to match an offer from Amazon for the contract period that begins with the 2025-26 season.—Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2024 If Venu Sports were to be ratified, other sports programmers would have to go through Fox, Disney, and Warner Bros. for sports licensing rights, while at the same time, competing with Venu with their own sports streaming services.—Jack Dunn, Variety, 6 Aug. 2024 There’s a saying in the world of programmers that code is written primarily for other coders to read, and only secondarily for the machine to run.—Clive Thompson, WIRED, 29 July 2024 Such weapons exist under human control—an actual person deciding when and where to use them—but more and more, programmers are training these machines to make those decisions without a human hitting a figurative red button.—Kate Graham-Shaw, Scientific American, 9 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for programmer
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