Subroutine (Noun)
Meaning
A set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The programmer spent hours debugging the complex subroutine that was causing errors in the main program.
- A well-written subroutine can save a significant amount of code repetition in a large program.
- The student struggled to understand the recursive subroutine that her professor had written.
- To perform the calculations, the program calls a specialized subroutine that runs on a separate processor.
- After weeks of work, the team finally perfected the tricky subroutine that would sort the database in seconds.