the act of creating something by thinking

write a computer program

creating a program that enables the computer to reason logically

creating a program that can use and support objects

In mathematics, computer science, economics, or management science, the selection of a best element (with regard to some criteria) from some set of available alternatives.

one of a class of computational models for simulating the actions and interactions of autonomous agents (both individual or collective entities such as organizations or groups) with a view to assessing their effects on the system as a whole.

a programming paradigm that describes computation in terms of statements that change a program state.

(computing) an instruction that connects one part of a program or an element on a list to another program or list

a badly assembled collection of parts hastily assembled to serve some particular purpose (often used to refer to computing systems or software that has been badly put together)

(computing) a collection of standard programs and subroutines that are stored and available for immediate use

a technician who is highly proficient and enthusiastic about some technical field (especially computing)