Subsubroutine
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Subsubroutine is a noun meaning (computing, rare) A subroutine called from another subroutine.
Meaning
(computing, rare) A subroutine called from another subroutine.
Example Sentences
Some programming languages even permit a subroutine to contain itself as a subsubroutine; a brain-twisting arrangement.
The goal stack mechanism makes it simple to represent hierarchical procedures, where routines call subroutines, which in turn call subsubroutines.
...hierarchies of subroutines and subsubroutines were used by the programmers to simplify their own organization, introducing a series of levels of control.
Word Forms
- subsubroutines
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include subroutine, routine, procedure, subprocedure, subprogram, subprogrammer.
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