WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

programming
    n 1: setting an order and time for planned events [syn:
         scheduling, programming, programing]
    2: creating a sequence of instructions to enable the computer to
       do something [syn: programming, programing, computer
       programming, computer programing]

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):

programming

   1. The art of debugging a blank sheet of paper (or, in these
   days of on-line editing, the art of debugging an empty
   file).

   2. A pastime similar to banging one's head against a wall, but
   with fewer opportunities for reward.

   3. The most fun you can have with your clothes on (although
   clothes are not mandatory).

   [Jargon File]

   (2003-02-12)


The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003):

programming
 n.

    1. The art of debugging a blank sheet of paper (or, in these days of
    on-line editing, the art of debugging an empty file). “Bloody instructions
    which, being taught, return to plague their inventor” (Macbeth, Act 1,
    Scene 7)

    2. A pastime similar to banging one's head against a wall, but with fewer
    opportunities for reward.

    3. The most fun you can have with your clothes on.

    4. The least fun you can have with your clothes off.