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1. An unvarying or habitual method or procedure
   - modus operandi, MO
    
2. A short performance that is part of a longer program
   "she had a catchy little routine";
   - act, number, turn, bit
    
3. A set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program
   - subroutine, subprogram, procedure, function

1. Found in the ordinary course of events
   "it was a routine day";
   - everyday, mundane, quotidian, unremarkable, workaday

Derived forms: routines

See also: ordinary

Type of: computer software, package, performance, procedure, process, public presentation, software, software package, software program, software system

Part of: computer program, computer programme [Brit], program, programme [Brit, Cdn]

Encyclopedia: Routine