subtask

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noun An act that must be completed as an element of completing a larger and more complex task.

sub- + task

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WILSON: Part of our mission, a subtask, was to go into the village of Saret Koleh and conduct a village assessment.

CNN Transcript Dec 31, 2007 2007
WILSON: Part of our mission A subtask was to go into the village of Saret Koleh and conduct a village assessment.

CNN Transcript Dec 22, 2007 2007
WILSON: Part of our mission, a subtask, was to go into the village of Saret Koleh and conduct a village assessment.

CNN Transcript Dec 18, 2007 2007
If necessary to get that done, then impeachment of Bush can be included as a subtask.

OpEdNews Exclusive 2006
If necessary to get that done, then impeachment of Bush can be included as a subtask.

OpEdNews Exclusive 2006
If necessary to get that done, then impeachment of Bush can be included as a subtask.

OpEdNews Exclusive 2006
For example, a word processor may create a separate thread (subtask) to handle printing or saving to disk.

OS/2 Frequently Asked Questions List by Timothy F. Sipples 1993
The subtask is executed by the operating system in the background.

OS/2 Frequently Asked Questions List by Timothy F. Sipples 1993
Quath sent a sharp command to her podding subtask brain, willing its nervous dance to cease.

Tides Of Light Benford, Gregory, 1941- 1989
Console access information if no console access, then this is a subtask which needs to be addressed

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