Reprogramed

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. Changed the instructions or code that control a device or system
2. Altered the programming of a computer or machine to perform differently
3. Updated or rewrote the operational code for a system to change its function

Etymology: "Reprogramed" is the past tense and past participle of "reprogram," so its history is that of the verb it inflects. "Reprogram" is formed from the prefix "re-," meaning "again" or "anew," and "program," so the whole word means to program again, or to change an existing set of computer instructions. "Program" itself came into English with the sense of a published notice or schedule, borrowed through French and Latin from Greek "programma," a written public announcement, and only later took on its computing meaning. The "re-" prefix has a long pedigree of its own: it descends from Latin "re-," which passed into Old French and then into Middle English, where it became a productive way to form new verbs. English speakers have attached it to countless words over the centuries, so "reprogram" fits an old and very flexible pattern.

Synonyms: reprogrammed