SUBROUTINE LIBRARY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does subroutine library mean? 

• SUBROUTINE LIBRARY (noun)
  The noun SUBROUTINE LIBRARY has 1 sense:

1. (computing) a collection of standard programs and subroutines that are stored and available for immediate use

  Familiarity information: SUBROUTINE LIBRARY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUBROUTINE LIBRARY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(computing) a collection of standard programs and subroutines that are stored and available for immediate use

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

library; program library; subroutine library

Hypernyms ("subroutine library" is a kind of...):

accumulation; aggregation; assemblage; collection (several things grouped together or considered as a whole)

Meronyms (parts of "subroutine library"):

library program (a program in a program library)

cataloged procedure (a set of control statements that have been placed in a library and can be retrieved by name)

library routine (a debugged routine that is maintained in a program library)

Domain category:

computer programing; computer programming; programing; programming (creating a sequence of instructions to enable the computer to do something)