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As a computer science student in England we were told we should use ‘program’ rather than ‘programme’ since that was the convention in our subject. If I rememb
by laurencerowe 2y ago
As a computer science student in England we were told we should use ‘program’ rather than ‘programme’ since that was the convention in our subject.
If I remember correctly BBC Basic accepted COLOUR as well as COLOR keywords to be more approachable to primary school children who were native English speakers.
- Kwpolska 2y agoDictionaries have also accepted the shorter spelling when talking about computer programs: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/program https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/program && https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/program_1 https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/englis...
- pasc1878 2y agoSurely for the BBC Minor COLOUR was always the correct way. It was a bad show that they allowed COLOR as well. As each keyword was saved as a code - did COLOR and COLOUR really map to two different codes?
- zimpenfish 2y agoAccording to https://www.ncus.org.uk/dsbbcoms.htm https://www.ncus.org.uk/dsbbcoms.htm, they both map to &FB
- pasc1878 2y agoSo it was always shown as COLOUR (or was there an American version>)
- extraduder_ire 2y agoTo me, a program is on a computer, a programme is broadcast on TV.