15-letter words containing p, o, g, r, m
- product manager — sb who oversees product development
- program counter — (hardware) (PC) A register in the central processing unit that contains the addresss of the next instruction to be executed. After each instruction is fetched, the PC is automatically incremented to point to the following instruction. It is not normally manipulated like an ordinary register but instead, special instructions are provided to alter the flow of control by writing a new value to the PC, e.g. JUMP, CALL, RTS.
- program picture — a motion picture produced on a low budget, usually shown as the second film of a double feature.
- program trading — trading on international stock exchanges using a computer program to exploit differences between stock index futures and actual share prices on world equity markets
- programmability — capable of being programmed.
- programme music — music that is intended to depict or evoke a scene or idea
- programme notes — notes designed to act as guide to an audience listening to live (esp classical) music. They will inform about the sequence of music played and may give some information about the music
- programme-maker — someone who creates programmes for television and radio
- project manager — sb who oversees project plan
- radio programme — something that is broadcast on radio
- random sampling — a method of selecting a sample (random sample) from a statistical population in such a way that every possible sample that could be selected has a predetermined probability of being selected.
- real programmer — (job, humour) (From the book "Real Men Don't Eat Quiche") A variety of hacker possessed of a flippant attitude toward complexity that is arrogant even when justified by experience. The archetypal "Real Programmer" likes to program on the bare metal and is very good at it, remembers the binary op codes for every machine he has ever programmed, thinks that high-level languages are sissy, and uses a debugger to edit his code because full-screen editors are for wimps. Real Programmers aren't satisfied with code that hasn't been bummed into a state of tenseness just short of rupture. Real Programmers never use comments or write documentation: "If it was hard to write", says the Real Programmer, "it should be hard to understand." Real Programmers can make machines do things that were never in their spec sheets; in fact, they are seldom really happy unless doing so. A Real Programmer's code can awe with its fiendish brilliance, even as its crockishness appals. Real Programmers live on junk food and coffee, hang line-printer art on their walls, and terrify the crap out of other programmers - because someday, somebody else might have to try to understand their code in order to change it. Their successors generally consider it a Good Thing that there aren't many Real Programmers around any more. For a famous (and somewhat more positive) portrait of a Real Programmer, see "The Story of Mel". The term itself was popularised by a 1983 Datamation article "Real Programmers Don't Use Pascal" by Ed Post, still circulating on Usenet and Internet in on-line form.
- rhyming couplet — a pair of lines in poetry that rhyme and usually have the same rhythm
- rollmop herring — a herring fillet rolled, usually around onion slices, and pickled in spiced vinegar
- sarcoptic mange — mange caused by burrowing mites of the genus Sarcoptes.
- semipornography — partial pornography; material that is almost pornographic
- spelling reform — an attempt to change the spelling of English words to make it conform more closely to pronunciation.
- spermatogenesis — the origin and development of spermatozoa.
- stamping ground — a habitual or favorite haunt.
- stomping ground — a habitual or favorite haunt.
- supergovernment — a centralized organization formed by a group of governments to enforce justice or maintain peace.
- supporting film — a film that accompanies the main feature film in a film programme
- symmetric group — the group of all permutations of a finite set.
- tetrasporangium — a sporangium containing four asexual spores.
- thermobarograph — a device that simultaneously records the temperature and pressure of the atmosphere
- thermogeography — the study of the geographical variation and distribution of temperature.
- topographic map — a map showing topographic features, usually by means of contour lines.
- trading company — a company that is owned by the people who have bought shares in that company
- uncomprehending — to understand the nature or meaning of; grasp with the mind; perceive: He did not comprehend the significance of the ambassador's remark.
- utility program — system software used to perform standard operations, as sorting data or copying data from one file to another, for application programs or other system software.