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- adjective Not
programmable ;unprogrammable .
Etymologies
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non- + programmable
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Examples
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Dan Reetz just pointed me to these two awesome videos explaining (nonprogrammable) analog mathematical mechanisms used in the U.S.
U.S. Navy’s mechanical fire control computer mechanisms « The Half-Baked Maker 2010
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As supplied it is unsuited to "slow-cooking" or preparation of nearly any other appealing cuisine because (as other reviewers note) its 280-watt (lo) and 380-watt (hi) power, and crude (non-electronic/nonprogrammable) regulation results in temperatures that uncontrollably creep up to 200F within 8 hours.
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