"subprogram" meaning in English

See subprogram in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: subprograms [plural]
Etymology: sub- + program Etymology templates: {{affix|en|sub-|program}} sub- + program Head templates: {{en-noun}} subprogram (plural subprograms)
  1. (computing) A program contained within a larger program Categories (topical): Computing Translations (a program contained within a larger program): aliohjelma (Finnish), υποπρόγραμμα (ypoprógramma) [neuter] (Greek), undirforrit [neuter] (Icelandic), fo-ríomhchlár [masculine] (Irish)

Inflected forms

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