SERVICE ROUTINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does service routine mean? 

• SERVICE ROUTINE (noun)
  The noun SERVICE ROUTINE has 1 sense:

1. a routine that can be used as needed

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SERVICE 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 ("service 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 "service 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 ("service routine" is a part of...):

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