The phrase "a program that ran" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a specific program that was executed or performed a task in the past.
Example: "The software was designed to analyze data, and it was a program that ran efficiently on older systems."
Alternatives: "a program that executed" or "a program that operated".
Researchers at the University of Washington had set up a program that ran on people's idle com- puters, using their free computer pow- er to search for the accurate shape of proteins.
If you wanted to do word processing, or calculations on a spreadsheet, or to read and write emails, you did so by launching a program that ran on your computer.
A program that ran in the South Bronx from 2005 to 2008, for example, provided legal assistance to more than thirteen hundred families and prevented eviction in more than eighty-five per cent of the cases, saving New York City hundreds of thousands of dollars in estimated shelter costs.
HBO has run more than 30 original movies since early 2004, when Nielsen finally stopped "rolling up" HBO ratings — i.e., counting all of HBO's channels in its reporting for a program that ran on the mothership channel, even if those other channels were not running that program.
The primary locus of infection was a program that ran every time Windows booted.
The $90 million major research instrumentation program could get an additional $300 million, while $200 million would be used to revive a program that ran for a few years in the 1990s to renovate academic facilities.
Roadie comes with a smartphone app, Palette, with a program that runs on a PC.
In short, it is a program that runs on an operating system of distrust and secrecy.
Campers pay $195 for a program that runs from 11 30 a.m. on Sunday through dinner on Monday (many sleep over at a farm).
To obtain an associate degree in medical assisting at McCann School of Business & Technology in Pennsylvania, students can expect to pay $30,860 for a program that runs a little over a year.
Oh sure, you could write a program that runs over all the elements of a list and does something, but that's not interesting.
