Noun: instruction in'strúk-shun
- A message describing how something is to be done
"he gave instructions faster than she could follow them";
- direction
- The activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill
"our instruction was carefully programmed";
- education, teaching, pedagogy, didactics, educational activity
- The profession of a teacher
"he prepared for instruction while still in college";
- teaching, pedagogy
- (computing) a line of code written as part of a computer program
"The bug was caused by a single incorrect instruction";
- command, statement, program line
Derived forms: instructions
Type of: activity, code, computer code, content, education, message, subject matter, substance
Part of: computer program, computer programme [Brit], program, programme [Brit, Cdn]
Encyclopedia: Instruction