subroutine
noun/ˈsʌbˌruːtiːn/
Frequency rank: #19,196 most common English word
Meaning
a set of instructions within a program that performs a specific task and can be called from other parts of the program.
Example sentence
The programmer wrote subroutine to handle user login so the code could be reused throughout the application.
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