computer programmer

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computer programmer - a person who designs and writes and tests computer programscoder, programmer, software engineercomputer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structuresapplied scientist, engineer, technologist - a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problemscomputer user - a person who uses computers for work or entertainment or communication or businesscracker - a programmer who cracks (gains unauthorized access to) computers, typically to do malicious things; "crackers are often mistakenly called hackers"hacker - a programmer for whom computing is its own reward; may enjoy the challenge of breaking into other computers but does no harm; "true hackers subscribe to a code of ethics and look down upon crackers"cyberpunk, cyber-terrorist, hacker - a programmer who breaks into computer systems in order to steal or change or destroy information as a form of cyber-terrorism

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