deprogram (v.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict[deprogram 词源字典]
"release from cult brainwashing," 1973, from de- + program (v.). Related: Deprogrammed; deprogramming.[deprogram etymology, deprogram origin, 英语词源]
preprogram (v.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
also pre-program, 1955, from pre- + program (v.). Related: Preprogrammed; preprogramming.
program (v.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
1889, "write program notes;" 1896, "arrange according to program," from program (n.). Of computers from 1945. From 1963 in the figurative sense of "to train to behave in a predetermined way." Related: Programmed; programming.
reprogram (v.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
also reprogramme, 1945, from re- "back, again" + program (v.). Related: Reprogrammed; reprogramming.
EPROMyoudaoicibaDictYouDict
"A read-only memory whose contents can be erased by ultraviolet light or other means and reprogrammed using a pulsed voltage", 1970s: acronym from erasable programmable ROM.