metaprogramming

English

Etymology

From meta- +‎ programming.

Noun

metaprogramming (uncountable)

1. (programming) The writing of computer programs that write or manipulate other programs or themselves as their data, or that perform part of the task during runtime that would otherwise be performed during compile time.

Hypernyms

• computer programming, programming

Hyponyms

• template metaprogramming

Related terms

• metaprogram

Translations

writing of computer programs that write or manipulate other programs or themselves as their data

• Czech: metaprogramování n
• Finnish: metaohjelmointi
• Georgian: მეტაპროგრამირება (meṭaṗrogramireba)
• German: Metaprogrammierung f
• Portuguese: metaprogramação f

References

• metaprogramming on Wikipedia.Wikipedia