English > computer programmer: 1 sense > noun 1, person | Meaning | A person who designs and writes and tests computer programs. |
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| Synonyms | programmer, coder, software engineer |
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| Category | computer science, computing | The branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures |
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| Narrower | cracker | A programmer who cracks (gains unauthorized access to) computers, typically to do malicious things |
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| cyber-terrorist, cyberpunk | A programmer who breaks into computer systems in order to steal or change or destroy information as a form of cyber-terrorism |
| hacker | A programmer for whom computing is its own reward |
| Broader | computer user | A person who uses computers for work or entertainment or communication or business |
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| engineer, applied scientist, technologist | A person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems |
| Spanish | codificador, informático, ingeniero informático, programadora, programador |
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| Catalan | codificador, enginyer informàtic, informàtic, programador |
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