metaprogram

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A thinking pattern which determines what information a person takes note of and what information they screen out.
  2. A computer program that writes or manipulates other programs as data, or does the work at runtime that would otherwise be done at compile time.

Word forms

metaprogram metaprograms metaprogramme

Etymology

From meta- + program.

Derived words

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