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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun 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.

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  • noun 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.

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  • noun a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program

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sub- +‎ routine

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