Routine (programming)
In the context of programming, a routine is a sequence of instructions for executing a specific sub-task of a computer program . The term is also often used in the sense of modular programming , where the routine is intended to be called as a subroutine; see main article subprogram .
The expression was taken directly from English in the German language . In practice, the English term routine often corresponds to the German term program :
- service routine = utility
- check routine = check program
- loading routine = loading program
- utility routine = utility
More and more often it is also the German program of routine , for example, replaced, interrupt / interrupt routine , subprogram / subroutine / subroutine . In this sense, routine and program are synonyms .
In English, program in computer science rather refers to individual steps in an overall process, while in German the entire scope of the program is meant ( computer program ). In English, this is more the application software .