Program vs. Itinerary: What's the Difference?
Program and Itinerary Definitions
Program
A listing of the order of events and other pertinent information for a public presentation.
Itinerary
A route or proposed route of a journey.
Program
The presentation itself
A program of piano pieces.
Itinerary
An account or record of a journey.
Program
A scheduled radio or television show.
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Itinerary
A guidebook for travelers.
Program
An ordered list of events to take place or procedures to be followed; a schedule
A program of physical therapy for a convalescent.
Itinerary
Of or relating to a journey or route.
Program
A system of services, opportunities, or projects, usually designed to meet a social need
"Working parents rely on the center's after-school latchkey program" (New York Times).
Itinerary
Traveling from place to place; itinerant.
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Program
A course of academic study; a curriculum.
Itinerary
A written schedule of activities for a vacation or road trip.
Program
A plan or system of academic and related or ancillary activities
A work-study program.
Itinerary
A route or proposed route of a journey.
Program
A plan or system of nonacademic extracurricular activities
The football program.
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Itinerary
An account or record of a journey.
Program
A set of coded instructions that enables a machine, especially a computer, to perform a desired sequence of operations.
Itinerary
A guidebook for travellers.
Program
An instruction sequence in programmed instruction.
Itinerary
Itinerant; travelling from place to place; done on a journey
Program
All or part of the genetic code of a cell or organism.
Itinerary
Itinerant; traveling; passing from place to place; done on a journey.
It was rather an itinerary circuit of justice than a progress.
Program
A characteristic sequence of developmental or behavioral events in a cell or organism, often considered to result from the expression of genes.
Itinerary
An account of travels, or a register of places and distances as a guide to travelers; as, the Itinerary of Antoninus.
Program
A stimulus or training sequence that causes an organism to exhibit a behavior, as by conditioning.
Itinerary
A detailed plan for a journey, including a list of places to be visited, and often other information such as the dates, places of residence, and transportation to be used during the journey; as, the catacombs aren't on our itinerary.
Program
To include or schedule in a program
Program a new musical composition.
Itinerary
An established line of travel or access
Program
To design a program for; schedule the activities of.
Itinerary
A guidebook for travelers
Program
To provide (a machine) with a set of coded working instructions.
Itinerary
A proposed route of travel
Program
To stimulate or train to perform automatically in a specified way
Consumers who have been programmed to buy brand names.
Program
To prepare an instructional sequence for (material to be taught) in programmed instruction.
Program
To provide (a cell or organism, for example) with a genetic program
Cells that are programmed to produce insulin.
Program
To cause (an effect or action) by means of a genetic program; determine genetically
"The basic housekeeping duties that a human and a yeast cell must perform are the same and are programmed by recognizably similar genes inherited from a common, single-celled ancestor" (Nicholas Wade).
Program
A set of structured activities.
Our program for today’s exercise class includes swimming and jogging.
Program
A leaflet listing information about a play, game or other activity.
The program consisted of ads for restaurants and the credits of everyone connected with the play.
Program
(politics) A set of principle goals which are supported by a political party or individual candidate
Program
(broadcasting) A performance of a show or other broadcast on radio or television.
Tonight’s program was hosted by Johnny Carson.
Program
(computing) A software application, or a collection of software applications, designed to perform a specific task.
The program runs on both Linux and Microsoft Windows.
Program
A particular mindset or method of doing things.
Program
(transitive) To enter a program or other instructions into (a computer or other electronic device) to instruct it to do a particular task.
He programmed the DVR to record his favorite show.
Program
(transitive) To develop (software) by writing program code.
I programmed a small game as a demonstration.
Program
(transitive) To put together the schedule of an event.
Mary will program Tuesday’s festivities.
Program
(broadcasting) To schedule the programming; to determine what will be broadcast.
Program
(transitive) To cause to automatically behave in a particular way.
The lab rat was programmed to press the lever when the bell rang.
Program
Same as Programme.
Program
A system of projects or services intended to meet a public need;
He proposed an elaborate program of public works
Working mothers rely on the day care program
Program
A series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished;
They drew up a six-step plan
They discussed plans for a new bond issue
Program
(computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute;
The program required several hundred lines of code
Program
An integrated course of academic studies;
He was admitted to a new program at the university
Program
A radio or television show;
Did you see his program last night?
Program
A performance (or series of performances) at a public presentation;
The program lasted more than two hours
Program
A document stating the aims and principles of a political party;
Their candidate simply ignored the party platform
They won the election even though they offered no positive program
Program
An announcement of the events that will occur as part of a theatrical or sporting event;
You can't tell the players without a program
Program
Arrange a program of or for;
Program the 80th birthday party
Program
Write a computer program
