routine


Definition: Meaning of, routine in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ruːˈtiːn /

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  1. [uncountable and countable] the usual order in which you do things, or the things you regularly do
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  2. [countable] a set of movements, jokes etc that form part of a performance
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  3. [countable] technical a set of instructions given to a computer so that it will do a particular operation
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  1. happening as a normal part of a job or process
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  2. ordinary and boring
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routine used in phrases

  • dump routine (noun)
    1. a routine that writes from an internal store to some external medium
  • executive routine (noun)
    1. a routine that coordinates the operation of subroutines
  • input routine (noun)
    1. a routine that writes from an external source to an internal store
  • library routine (noun)
    1. a debugged routine that is maintained in a program library
  • output routine (noun)
    1. a routine that controls an output device
  • recursive routine (noun)
    1. a routine that can call itself
  • reusable routine (noun)
    1. a routine that can be loaded once and executed repeatedly
  • service routine (noun)
    1. a routine that can be used as needed
  • supervisory routine (noun)
    1. a routine that coordinates the operation of subroutines
  • tracing routine (noun)
    1. a routine that provides a chronological record of the execution of a computer program
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