automatic routine

automatic routine

[¦ȯd·ə¦mad·ik rü′tēn]
(computer science)
A routine that is executed independently of manual operations, but only if certain conditions occur within a program or record, or during some other process.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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