Definition of program

(a) Your clothes are dirty and you want to put them in the washing machine. You put the temperature at 50 C${}^\circ$ and set the cycle at ``coloured cottons''; you satisfy yourself that you don't have a full load, so you press the ``half-load'' button; finally, you start the washing cycle. Is this a program? (b) Now suppose your girlfriend tells you to ``do the washing, please''. Is this a program? Justify your answers.