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UTILITY ROUTINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does utility routine mean? 

UTILITY ROUTINE (noun)
  The noun UTILITY ROUTINE has 1 sense:

1. a routine that can be used as neededplay

  Familiarity information: UTILITY ROUTINE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


UTILITY ROUTINE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A routine that can be used as needed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

service routine; utility routine

Hypernyms ("utility routine" is a kind of...):

function; procedure; routine; subprogram; subroutine (a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "utility routine"):

dump routine (a routine that writes from an internal store to some external medium)

input routine (a routine that writes from an external source to an internal store)

output routine (a routine that controls an output device)

Holonyms ("utility routine" is a part of...):

service program; utility; utility program ((computer science) a program designed for general support of the processes of a computer)


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