metaprogramming

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The writing of computer programs that write or manipulate other programs or themselves as their data, or that perform operations at runtime that would typically be done at compile time.

Word forms

metaprogramming

Etymology

From meta- + programming.

Related words

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