generalized routine
generalized routine
[′jen·rə‚līzd rü′tēn] (computer science)
A routine which can process a wide variety of jobs; for example, a generalized sort routine which will sort in ascending or descending order on any number of fields whether alphabetic or numeric, or both, and whether binary coded decimals or pure binaries.
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generalized program
Software that readily serves changing processing requirements. Writing generalized routines that will solve business changes in the future is very time consuming if not downright impossible; however, one approach is a table-driven design. The application is customized by editing a table of data elements read at startup. The hard work creating such a program is the choice and architecture of the table entries. Contrast with hard coded.Copyright © 1981-2025 by The Computer Language Company Inc. All Rights reserved. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other reproduction is strictly prohibited without permission from the publisher.
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