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 300-34 . (cont'd) ;ROM (cont'd): execute faster;see alsoabove entry under FIRM­WARE. [1984]
 * ROUTINE OR PROGRAMMED ROUTINE:A series or group of instructions usually contained within a main program analogous to a paragraph within a textual work.
 * SOFTWARE:A set of computer pro­grams, procedures, and possibly associated documentation concerned with the operation of a data processing system, e.g., compilers, library routines, manuals, cir­cuit diagrams. Con­trasts with hardware.
 * SOURCE CODE:This is the computer program code as the programmer originally writes it, in the pro­gramming language being used. It must be changed into object code before the computer can execute it, unless the program was originally written in object code.
 * SUBROUTINE:A routine that can be part of another routine analogous to a sentence within a paragraph of narrative text.
 * TAPE, MAGNETIC:Large volume data storage medium for computers.