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- metaprogramme (rare)
metaprogram (plural metaprograms)
- (neurolinguistic programming) A thinking pattern which determines what information a person takes note of and what information they screen out.
- (programming) A computer program that writes or manipulates other programs as data, or does the work at runtime that would otherwise be done at compile time.
"Practical NLP for Managers", Ian McDermott, p. 159.