expandedsubroutine
nounUK /ɪkˈspændɪd ˈsʌbruːtiːn/
US /ɪkˈspændɪd ˈsʌbruːtiːn/
A bigger version of a small helper program that a computer follows to do a job.
The programmer wrote an expandedsubroutine to handle all the extra steps at once.
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2. A longer set of instructions that a computer runs when it is called.
The expandedsubroutine ran every time the user clicked the button.
3. A helper routine that has been made larger to do more tasks.
They replaced the short routine with an expandedsubroutine to add error checks.
4. A named block of code that has grown to include extra steps.
The expandedsubroutine now handles saving, loading, and printing.