3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Routine \Rou*tine"\, n. [F., fr route a path, way road. See
{Route}, {Rote}repetition.]
1. A round of business, amusement, or pleasure, daily or
frequently pursued; especially, a course of business or
offical duties regularly or frequently returning.
2. Any regular course of action or procedure rigidly adhered
to by the mere force of habit.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
routine
adj 1: occurring at fixed times or predictable intervals; "made her
routine trip to the store"
2: found in the ordinary course of events; "a placid everyday
scene"; "it was a routine day"; "there's nothing quite
like a real...train conductor to add color to a quotidian
commute"- Anita Diamant [syn: {everyday}, {mundane}, {quotidian},
{unremarkable}, {workaday}]
n 1: an unvarying or habitual method of procedure [syn: {modus
operandi}]
2: a short theatrical performance that is part of a longer
program; "he did his act three times every evening"; "she
had a catchy little routine"; "it was one of the best
numbers he ever did" [syn: {act}, {number}, {turn}, {bit}]
3: a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program
[syn: {subroutine}, {subprogram}, {procedure}, {function}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]:
routine
{subroutine}
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