programów

Programów is the genitive plural form of the Polish noun program, which means a program or a schedule. The base form program has two main senses in Polish: a planned sequence of activities (for example, a conference program or a TV program) and a set of instructions that a computer can execute (a computer program). The nominative plural is programy, while programów is used where the noun appears in the genitive plural, such as after numerals five and above or in phrases like lista programów (list of programs) or zestaw programów (set of programs).

In computing, a program is a finite set of instructions that directs a computer to perform specific tasks. It is a component of software, with the broader term oprogramowanie meaning software as a whole. A program can be standalone or part of a collection of programs, and it may interact with other programs, libraries, or the operating system.

Beyond computing, the word program also refers to a broadcast or event schedule, such as program telewizyjny (television schedule) or program radiowy (radio program), and to plans of activities, like program zajęć (course program) or program imprezy (event program). In Polish, the grammatical form programów appears frequently in contexts involving quantities, listings, or possessive constructions, for example pięć programów or lista programów.

Etymology: Polish program is a direct borrowing from English program, integrated into Polish spelling as program, with plural forms programy and genitive plural programów. The term is widely used across technology, media, and organizational contexts.