subroutine
/ˈsʌbruːˌtiːn/
noun
- A set of instructions in a computer program that performs a specific task and can be used repeatedly from different parts of the program.
- The game's graphics subroutine handles all the animations on the screen.
- You can call the same subroutine from multiple places in your code to avoid repeating yourself.
- The programmer wrote a subroutine to calculate the average of a list of numbers.