"metaprogram" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: metaprograms [plural]
Etymology: meta- + program Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|meta|program}} meta- + program Head templates: {{en-noun}} metaprogram (plural metaprograms)
  1. (neurolinguistic programming) A thinking pattern which determines what information a person takes note of and what information they screen out.
    Sense id: en-metaprogram-en-noun-9wy9zkT~
  2. (programming) 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. Categories (topical): Programming
    Sense id: en-metaprogram-en-noun-7kZ3XidO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with meta- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 68 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with meta-: 33 67 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: metaprogramme [rare] Derived forms: metaprogramming

Inflected forms

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