The concept of Program (term derived from Latin programma which, in turn, has its origin in a Greek word) has multiple meanings. It can be understood as the anticipation of what is planned to be done in some area or circumstance; the agenda offered for a speech; the presentation and organization of the subjects of a certain course or subject; and the description of the characteristics or stages in which certain artistic acts or shows are organized.
A program also consists of a thematic unit developed during a television or radio broadcast, in addition to allowing to name the group of instructions that allows a computer Develop different functions.
In this sense, it must be said that a computer program or software It is an essential element for the normal operation of a computer. It can be both an executable program and its source code, which is written by programmers. On the other hand, according to its functions, a program can be classified as a system software or an application software.
In this technological field, we can talk about a multitude of programs that have the objective that we can perform a specific task in a simple way. This would be the case of Word, which is a word processor that helps us create and design a multitude of text documents, or PowerPoint that helps us develop very attractive visual presentations.
As for the radio or television show , it is a set of periodic emissions that are co-ordinated and identified under the same title and that offers content segmented by blocks.
Thus we can establish as examples various types of programs that exist on the grills of any television in the world. A perfect classification could be the one that speaks of sports programs, current affairs programs, entertainment programs, heart programs or cultural programs, among many others.
Among the most important radio programs in history is the one that Orson Welles performed weekly on the CBS (Columbia Broadcasting System) and which consisted of dramatizing and interpreting various literary narratives. It is important because of the fact that one day that director and actor was performing the play War of the Worlds, by G.H Wells, in which they talked about the alien invasion of Earth. This was taken to spend a joke on Halloween to the listeners and they were raised as something real.
It is said that there were many people who, when turning on the radio, believed, together, what a scientist was supposedly telling them about the debacle that was coming because of the Martians. A fact that led to a real panic situation in both New York and New Jersey.
Finally, it should be noted that a development program It is an expression that identifies the set of actions that are organized with the purpose of improving living conditions in a given region. These programs are also known as economic and social development.
There are different international cooperation agencies that support and finance development programs in the world's poorest nations.
