The difference between Programming and Software

When used as nouns, programming means the designing, scheduling or planning of a radio or television program/programme, whereas software means encoded computer instructions, usually modifiable (unless stored in some form of unalterable memory such as rom).

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  1. Programming as a noun (broadcasting):

    The designing, scheduling or planning of a radio or television program/programme.

    Examples:

    "The network changed its programming to mess with [[DVR]]s again."

  2. Programming as a noun:

    brain-washing

  3. Programming as a noun (computing):

    The act of writing a computer program.

    Examples:

    "Management wanted to know how much programming the project would need."

  4. Programming as a noun:

    The software that controls a machine, or the logic expressed in such software; operating instructions.

    Examples:

    "A robot's programming doesn't allow for love."

  1. Programming as a verb:

  2. Programming as a verb:

    Examples:

    "I was programming a new module for the software package."

    "He was programming the VCR."

  1. Software as a noun (computing):

    Encoded computer instructions, usually modifiable (unless stored in some form of unalterable memory such as ROM).

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