"metaprogramming" meaning in English

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        "Writing of computer programs that write or manipulate other programs or themselves as their data, or that do part of the work at runtime that would otherwise be done at compile time."
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        "(programming) Writing of computer programs that write or manipulate other programs or themselves as their data, or that do part of the work at runtime that would otherwise be done at compile time."
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          "sense": "writing of computer programs that write or manipulate other programs or themselves as their data",
          "word": "მეტაპროგრამირება"
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