computer program

CIDE DICTIONARY

computer program, n. 

 a sequence of instructions, stored in any medium, that can be interpreted and executed by a computer; -- called most frequently a program. This term is used both for the written program (a document) and for its corresponding electronic version stored or executed on the computer. See instruction; as, Version 1.0 of the program had a serious bug that caused the computer to crash frequently..  [WordNet 1.5]

THESAURUS

computer program

ALGOL, COBOL, FORTRAN, alphabetic data, alphanumeric code, angular data, assembler, binary digit, binary scale, binary system, bit, bug, byte, command pulses, commands, compiler, computer code, computer language, control signals, controlled quantity, correcting signals, data, error, error signals, feedback pulses, feedback signals, film data, hexadecimal system, information, input data, input quantity, instructions, machine language, message, multiple messages, noise, numeric data, octal system, oscillograph data, output data, output quantity, play, polar data, punch-card data, random data, rectangular data, reference quantity, ruly English, signals, single messages, unorganized data, visible-speech data