Controlled
Controlled adjective - Restrained or managed or kept within certain bounds.
Programmed and controlled are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Programmed" instead an adjective "Controlled".
Programmed
Controlled and programmed are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Controlled" instead an adjective "Programmed".
Both words in one sentence
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The tests were all pre-programmed and controlled by computers, and the scientists just watched the results coming in - exciting to those in the know, but not what the BBC wanted.
Source: Big Red Button - Close Range Combatant: All AI-controlled drones rely on close range combat, due to how the AI is programmed.
Source: Video Game / Urban Assault -
The Sharktopus is dangerous, but doesn't go after people specifically until it's royally pissed off and the Pteracuda is largely being controlled by Vlad or doing what it's been programmed to do.
Source: Film / Sharktopus
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