subprogram
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of subprogram
First recorded in 1955–60
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Josh and I were drawn most to this subprogram during development.
From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2021
Subsequently, the large_sv_call subprogram in longranger-2.1.24 was used to find connection information for scaffolds in the T. urartu genome.
From Nature ● May 8, 2018
Deviations from this pattern, such as the formation of a neuronal precursor cell in part of the V5 cell lineage, hinted that each subprogram was also controlled by a specific genetic module.
From Nature ● Mar. 28, 2017
PacBio-BioNano hybrid scaffolds were identified using IrysView’s hybrid scaffold alignment subprogram.
From Nature ● Feb. 7, 2017
Historical note: The jargon usage derives from `glob', the name of a subprogram that expanded wildcards in archaic pre-Bourne versions of the Unix shell. :glork: /glork/ 1. /interj./
From The Jargon File, Version 4.0.0, 24 Jul 1996 by Eric S. Raymond
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