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programado

Programado is a term used in Spanish and in related languages to mean "programmed" or "scheduled." As the past participle of the verb programar, it functions as an adjective describing something that has been set up or arranged by a program, such as a device, a sequence of actions, or an event.

In technology and everyday usage, programado refers to objects or systems that have been configured to perform

The term is gender and number agreement: programado (masculine singular), programada (feminine singular), programados (masculine plural),

Etymology traces programado to programar from program, with roots in Late Latin programma and Greek programma,

In general, programado conveys the idea that a plan, routine, or instruction has been prepared by a

a
predefined
set
of
tasks.
It
is
common
to
hear
phrases
such
as
el
sistema
está
programado
para
arrancar
a
las
ocho,
or
el
programa
está
programado
para
ejecutarse
a
la
hora
prevista.
The
word
can
denote
software,
firmware,
hardware
configurations,
or
broadcast
schedules.
programadas
(feminine
plural).
It
is
widely
used
in
Spanish-speaking
contexts
and
is
also
used
in
Filipino
contexts
where
Tagalog
borrows
the
term
from
Spanish
to
convey
scheduling
or
pre-configuration.
passing
through
Romance
languages
and
into
others
via
technical
and
administrative
vocabulary.
program
and
is
ready
to
execute
at
a
specified
time
or
in
a
specified
sequence.