Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Computer Science A set of instructions that performs a specific task for a main routine, requiring direction back to the proper place in the main routine on completion of the task.
Wiktionary
- n. computer science A section of code, called by the main body of a program, that implements a task. While it may be used at more than one point in a program, it need not be.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program
Etymologies
- sub- + routine (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Either way, by the time you call a subroutine, it ought to be compiled.”
“& my_sub passes on the contents of @_ to the called subroutine sub first {& second}; sub second {print @_}; first ( 'some', 'random', 'data');”
“I was to call his subroutine, and let that do some processing.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Clive Crook (at The Atlantic) on “ClimateGate”
“When I can call a subroutine of infinite parameter,”
“However there are also "remote procedure call" systems that allow a program to call a subroutine that will run on another computer.”
“We can then call a subroutine if a branch was triggered, remove data from the buffer, and signal the engine that it can proceed. offs = this. response.”
“I would like to close (unload or hide) all forms except one Form2, which calls the subroutine to do this.”
“I copied and pasted, and looked up ssadd, which I had never used before. the code you showed has nothing I see to evoke a layer command to fail with a layer error message. however, it looks like you have (tp) defined as a subroutine, maybe in a setup generic subroutine.”
“I copied and pasted, and looked up ssadd, which I had never used before. the code you showed has nothing I see to evoke a layer command to fail with a layer error message. however, it looks like you have (tp) defined as a subroutine, maybe in a setup generic subroutine. is it possible that (tp) is”
“If that does not suffice, arbitrary AutoHotkey code contained by WindowPad. ahk may be called from the ini file; for instance, WindowPad executes subroutine, which is near the end of WindowPad. ahk.”
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