How about, "A program is a contract, a list of instructions that tell the computer what to do, whose value depends on fulfillment of the anticipated results"? Just brainstorming. John McCreery The Word Works, Ltd. 55-13-202 Miyagaya, Nishi-ku Yokohama 220-0006, JAPAN ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html