reprograms

Changes the code

Reprograms is the verb reprogram in the third person singular present tense.

To reprogram is to alter the instructions or behavior of something—typically a computer, device, or system: She reprograms the thermostat every season.

The word extends to changing ingrained habits or thought patterns: Therapy helped him reprogram his response to stress.

The technician reprograms the robot's software remotely.

computing

software

Programs directing computer operations

  • codingWriting software instructions
  • firmwareHardware's permanent programming
  • algorithmFinite problem-solving procedure

debugging · scripting · compiling · binary · developer · patch · refactoring · automation · executable · subroutine

behavioral

conditioning

Learned behavioral adaptation

retraining · therapy · neuroplasticity · rewiring · cognitive · beliefs · patterns · responses · instincts · reflexes

biological

DNA

Hereditary code molecule

  • CRISPRGene-editing molecular machinery
  • cellsBasic biological units
  • genomeOrganism's total hereditary material

mutation · expression · splicing · vectors · bioengineering · recombinant · transgenic · epigenetics

organizational

restructuring

Rearranging an existing framework

systems · protocols · procedures · reengineering · transformation · redesign · modernization · reform · realignment · reconfiguration

Opposites
code modification state

reprogramspreserves

Cooked fruit in sugar

maintains · keeps · retains · freezes · locks

behavioral/mental conditioning

reprogramsdeprograms

Undoes psychological conditioning

restores · liberates · frees · unlearns · leaves alone

creative action vs. destructive action

reprogramserases

Removes marks completely

wipes · deletes · corrupts · destroys · bricks

Family

reprogram, reprogrammed, preprogrammed, reprogramming, preprogramming, preprogram

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