Fal's analysis agrees with one I have turned up elsewhere that seems to indicatethat not only is there no exact synonym for the partial program I incorrectly used to call an algorithm but there's no word for it

"Procedure" doesn't work because it is a more general term which encompasses algorithms, routines, processes, etc with no apecial applicability to computers

So far, "routine" seems to be the only term that sticks:

routine: a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program--OneLook

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