[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

routine \routine"\, n. f., fr. route a path, way, road. see
   route, roterepetition.
   1. a round of business, amusement, or pleasure, daily or
      frequently pursued; especially, a course of business or
      offical duties regularly or frequently returning.
      1913 webster

   2. any regular course of action or procedure rigidly adhered
      to by the mere force of habit.
      1913 webster
see also:
route rote 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

routine
     adj 1: occurring at fixed times or predictable intervals; "made her
            routine trip to the store"
     2: found in the ordinary course of events; "a placid everyday
        scene"; "it was a routine day"; "there's nothing quite
        like a real...train conductor to add color to a quotidian
        commute"- anita diamant syn: everyday, mundane, quotidian,
         unremarkable, workaday
     n 1: an unvarying or habitual method of procedure syn: modus
          operandi
     2: a short theatrical performance that is part of a longer
        program; "he did his act three times every evening"; "she
        had a catchy little routine"; "it was one of the best
        numbers he ever did" syn: act, number, turn, bit
     3: a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program
        syn: subroutine, subprogram, procedure, function
see also:
everyday mundane quotidian unremarkable workaday modus operandi 
act number turn bit subroutine 
subprogram procedure function 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

264 moby thesaurus words for "routine":
   indian file, mo, accustomed, act, afterpiece, algorithm, approach,
   arranged, arrangement, array, articulation, assigned, attack,
   automatic, average, banal, bank, beat, beaten, beaten path,
   besetting, bit, boring, bureaucracy, bureaucratism, businesslike,
   buzz, catena, catenation, central, chain, chain reaction, chaining,
   chaser, chinoiserie, cliched, common, concatenation, concord,
   connection, consecution, constant, continuum, conventional, course,
   current, curtain, curtain call, curtain raiser, custom, customary,
   cycle, daily grind, deployment, descent, designated, disposal,
   disposition, divertimento, divertissement, dominant, drill, drone,
   endless belt, endless round, epidemic, epilogue, everyday, exode,
   exodus, expository scene, familiar, fashion, file, filiation,
   finale, form, formal, formation, formula, frequent, frequentative,
   gamut, gradation, grind, groove, guise, habit, habitual, hackneyed,
   harmonious, harmony, hoke act, hum, in hand, interlude,
   intermediary, intermediate, intermezzo, intermission, introduction,
   jog trot, layout, line, line of action, lineage, lines, lineup,
   manner, manner of working, many, many times, marshaling, mean,
   means, mechanical, medial, median, mediocre, medium, method,
   methodical, methodology, middle-of-the-road, middling, mode,
   mode of operation, mode of procedure, moderate, modus operandi,
   monotone, monotonous, nexus, normal, not rare, number,
   of common occurrence, oft-repeated, oftentime, order, ordered,
   orderly, ordinary, organization, pandemic, part, pattern, peace,
   pendulum, performance, perfunctory, periodicity, persistent, piece,
   plain, plan, plenum, popular, powder train, practice, predominant,
   predominating, prevailing, prevalent, procedure, proceeding,
   process, programmed, progression, prologue, proportion, queue,
   quiet, quietude, rampant, range, rank, recurrence, recurrent,
   recurring, red tape, red-tapeism, regnant, regular, regularity,
   reigning, repetitive, reticulation, rife, rotation, rote, round,
   row, ruling, run, run-of-the-mill, running, rut, scale, scene,
   schedule, scheduled, sequence, series, setup, shtick, single file,
   sketch, skit, song and dance, spectrum, squirrel cage,
   stand-up comedy act, standard, steady, stereotyped, string,
   striptease, structure, style, succession, swath, symmetrical,
   symmetry, system, systematic, tack, technique, tedious, the drill,
   the how, the way of, thick-coming, thing, thread, tier, tiresome,
   tone, track, train, tranquillity, treadmill, trite, turn,
   unchanging, uneventful, uniform, uniformity, unimaginative,
   uninteresting, unvaried, unvarying, usage, usual, way,
   well-ordered, well-regulated, well-trodden, well-worn,
   well-worn groove, windrow, wise, wont, wonted

[4] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

routine
     
        subroutine
     
     
see also:
subroutine 

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