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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of reprogram.
  • adjective That has been subject to reprogramming

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Examples

  • Nohl elicited a laugh from the audience of hackers when he called the reprogrammed network-sniffing phones "GSM debugging devices."

    Gizmodo John Borland - Wired 2010

  • Nohl elicited a laugh from the audience of hackers when he called the reprogrammed network-sniffing phones "GSM debugging devices."

    Gizmodo John Borland - Wired 2010

  • We looked at losses programs that have been delayed and or programs that have been what we are calling reprogrammed by the government.

    Software Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha 2009

  • The SSB was created using "reprogrammed" funds "without explicit congressional authority or appropriation," according to the

    OpEdNews - Diary: Covert Operations in Pakistan Revealed 2009

  • These genes "reprogrammed" the cells and returned them to a more primitive, embryonic-like state.

    Stem-Cell Research Boosts Hopes 2007

  • The Kyoto University team had taken skin cells from adult mice and "reprogrammed" them, turning back the biological calendar so the adult cells could, like embryonic cells, turn into any kind of cell in the body.

    Reality Check on an Embryonic Debate 2007

  • If anything, said MIT biologist Marius Wernig, it's a call for scientists "to study human embryonic stem cells much more carefully" so they'll understand what they're trying to mimic with their new, "reprogrammed" adult cells.

    Stem Cells: An End to Debate or 'Déjà Vu'? 2007

  • Scientists said they "reprogrammed" mature human cells and returned them to a primordial, embryonic-like state in a laboratory dish.

    Advance in Stem-Cell Work 2007

  • When any members of the aristocratic class are shipwrecked on the island, they're "reprogrammed" to serve as slaves, while their servants are taught to rule.

    DesignerBlog Will 2006

  • When any members of the aristocratic class are shipwrecked on the island, they're "reprogrammed" to serve as slaves, while their servants are taught to rule.

    Archive 2006-05-01 Will 2006

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