A secondary or subprogram called for and loaded into memory by the main program. See parent program.
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- Blog posts 2008-07-18
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- Discussion threads 2008-07-18
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- Discussion threads 2008-07-18
- Untrustworthy students: lighten your restrictions
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- Blog posts 2008-07-18
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- Blog posts 2008-07-18
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- Discussion threads 2008-07-18
- From Chapter one: Data Processing and the IBM Mainframe
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- Discussion threads 2008-07-18
- OneStep Installer (exe)
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- Software downloads 2008-07-18
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- Software downloads 2008-07-18
- AD Stereo Changer (exe)
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- Software downloads 2008-07-18
- Magic Memory Optimizer (exe)
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- Software downloads 2008-07-18
- Dog Food Recipes (zip)
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- Software downloads 2008-07-18
- Crypto Manager (exe)
- The Crypto Manager program is intended for fast encrypting of any users files. For this purpose, RC4, a high-speed on-the-fly algorithm of encrypting, is used in the program. The program allows to encrypt any taken file and to pass it safely to the other person, using the common ways (portable...
- Software downloads 2008-07-18
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- Blog posts 2008-07-17
- Optimus Maximus
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- Product reviews 2008-07-17
- Open source should support Apple over Psystar
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- Discussion threads 2008-07-17
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