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1. A manual usually accompanying a technical device and explaining how to install or operate it
   - instruction manual, book of instructions, operating instructions

1. A message describing how something is to be done
   "he gave instructions faster than she could follow them";
   - direction
    
2. The activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill
   "our instruction was carefully programmed";
   - education, teaching, pedagogy, didactics, educational activity
    
3. The profession of a teacher
   "he prepared for instruction while still in college";
   - teaching, pedagogy
    
4. (computing) a line of code written as part of a computer program
   - command, statement, program line

Type of: activity, code, computer code, content, education, manual, message, subject matter, substance

Part of: computer program, computer programme [Brit], program, programme [Brit, Cdn]

Encyclopedia: Instructions