English noun: utility program |
1. | utility program (communication) (computer science) a program designed for general support of the processes of a computer |
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| Samples | A computer system provides utility programs to perform the tasks needed by most users.
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| Synonyms | service program, utility |
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| Broader (hypernym) | computer program, computer programme, program, programme |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | device driver, diagnostic program, driver, input program, output program, sort program, sorting program, trace program |
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| Part holonym | service routine, utility routine |
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| Domain category | computer science, computing |
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