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metaprogram

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
metapro-gram
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A thinking pattern which determines what information a person takes note of and what information they screen out.

noun

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.

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek μετᾰ́ (metắ) Ancient Greek μετᾰ- (metă-)lbor. English meta- English program English metaprogram From meta- + program.

Inflected Forms

metaprograms (plural) metaprogramme (alternative)

Derived Forms

metaprogramming

Questions

What does metaprogram mean?
A thinking pattern which determines what information a person takes note of and what information they screen out.
Where does metaprogram come from?
Etymology tree Ancient Greek μετᾰ́ (metắ) Ancient Greek μετᾰ- (metă-)lbor. English meta- English program English metaprogram From meta- + program.

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