stubroutine

from Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)

stubroutine
 /stuhb'roo.teen/, n.

   [contraction of stub subroutine] Tiny, often vacuous placeholder for a
   subroutine that is to be written or fleshed out later.

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

stubroutine

   /stuhb'roo-teen/ [contraction of "stub subroutine"] Tiny,
   often vacuous placeholder for a {subroutine} that is to be
   written or fleshed out later.

   [{Jargon File}]

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