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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. 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

  1. 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

  1. n. a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program

Etymologies

  1. sub- +‎ routine (Wiktionary)

Examples

  • “Either way, by the time you call a subroutine, it ought to be compiled.”

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  • “& my_sub passes on the contents of @_ to the called subroutine sub first {& second}; sub second {print @_}; first ( 'some', 'random', 'data');”

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  • “I was to call his subroutine, and let that do some processing.”

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  • “When I can call a subroutine of infinite parameter,”

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  • “However there are also "remote procedure call" systems that allow a program to call a subroutine that will run on another computer.”

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  • “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.”

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  • “I would like to close (unload or hide) all forms except one Form2, which calls the subroutine to do this.”

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  • “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.”

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  • “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”

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  • “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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