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subcommand
n. (context computing English) A command that makes up part of a larger command.
Usage examples of "subcommand".
There wasn't a man, woman, or child in the city who hadn't heard rumors to the effect that the Ontario Quadrant subcommand had withdrawn its offer.
A second subcommand under the Salnian General Pandiculia would draw off three thousand troops as well and move considerably west to the Varasena River and head north along it.