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subroutine
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subroutine,
n the set of instructions necessary to direct the computer to carry out a well-defined mathematical or logical operation; a subunit of a routine.


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In synchronous I/O, the function call to read from or write to a file does not return until the actual read or write is complete.
A simple C++ function call can be used to turn a C array into a RAM, or you can instantiate RAM blocks by hand and manually implement a low level RAM driver.
They simply open the code, see the pictures and view sequence diagrams to better understand what is going on with a specific function call instead of going through a cryptic process.
 
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