program

Multiple Entries:
  client    programme  

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
client/ˈklʌɪənt/

▶noun

• 1 a person using the services of a professional person or organization.

• 2 (in a network) a computer or workstation that obtains information and applications from a server.

  ■ (also client application or program) a computer program that obtains a service provided by another program.

• 3 (in ancient Rome) a plebeian under the protection of a patrician.

  ■ archaic a dependant; a hanger-on.

– derivatives
clientship noun.

– origin ME (orig. denoting a person under the protection and patronage of another): from L. cliens, client-, var. of cluent-, cluere ‘hear or obey’.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
programme /ˈprəʊɡram/ (US program)

▶noun

• 1 a planned series of events.

  ■ a set of related measures or activities with a long-term aim.

• 2 a sheet or booklet detailing items or performers at an event.

• 3 a radio or television broadcast.

• 4 (program) a series of coded software instructions to control the operation of a computer or other machine.

▶verb (programmes or programs, programming, programmed; US programs, programing, programed)

• 1 (program) provide (a computer or other machine) with a program.

  ■ input (instructions) into a computer or other machine.

• 2 cause to behave in a predetermined way.

• 3 arrange according to a plan or schedule.

  ■ plan; schedule.

– phrases
get with the program N. Amer. informal become aware of the realities of a situation.

– derivatives
programmability noun,
programmable adjective,
programmer noun.

– origin C17: via late L. from Gk programma, from prographein ‘write publicly’, from pro ‘before’ + graphein ‘write’.