subsubroutine
subsubroutine noun: a subroutine called from another subroutine.
Noun
subsubroutine (plural subsubroutines)
- A subroutine called from another subroutine.
- Some programming languages even permit a subroutine to contain itself as a subsubroutine; a brain-twisting arrangement.1962, Robert Mills Gagné, Psychological principles in system development
- ...hierarchies of subroutines and subsubroutines were used by the programmers to simplify their own organization, introducing a series of levels of control...1965, Robert Engel Machol, Wilson P Tanner, Samuel N Alexander, System engineering handbook
Forms of subsubroutine
| plural | subsubroutines |
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Origin of subsubroutine
From sub- + subroutine.
Questions about subsubroutine
- What does subsubroutine mean?
- Subsubroutine means a subroutine called from another subroutine.
- What part of speech is subsubroutine?
- Subsubroutine is a noun.
- What is the plural of subsubroutine?
- The plural of subsubroutine is subsubroutines.
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