Subblock

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A block (of data, etc.) making up part of a larger block.

    "Again, as with every code subblock, indentation (and dedentation) are used to delimit blocks of code as well as to indicate which block of code statements belong to […]"

Example

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"Again, as with every code subblock, indentation (and dedentation) are used to delimit blocks of code as well as to indicate which block of code statements belong to […]"

Etymology

From sub- + block.

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