subprogram
noun
subprogram is a noun meaning “A program contained within a larger program” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled S-U-B-P-R-O-G-R-A-M, and it appears about once in every 32 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of subprogram is subprograms.
What does subprogram mean?
noun
- 1
A program contained within a larger program.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of subprogram
- subprograms plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is subprogram?
Subprogram appears about once in every 32 million words in written English, the 171,907th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does subprogram come from?
From sub- + program.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).