Using my micro board to trigger an MP3 sound card

Programming is done with the keyboard into the IDE, not after.

uploading the program into the chip just a final step. called uploading.

Computer programmers are the ones who write code.
Computer programmers, program. they write the sequence of commands.

Uploading the compiled code is just transferring from one machine to another.

The Arduino IDE has a little button. When you hover is says 'upload'

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