metaprogram

English

Alternative forms

• metaprogramme (rare)

Etymology

From meta- +‎ program.

Noun

metaprogram (plural metaprograms)

1. (neurolinguistic programming) A thinking pattern which determines what information a person takes note of and what information they screen out.
2. (programming) A computer program that writes or manipulates other programs as data, or does the work at runtime that would otherwise be done at compile time.

Derived terms

• metaprogramming

References

"Practical NLP for Managers", Ian McDermott, p. 159.