structured programming

noun, Computers.
1.
the design and coding of programs by a methodology (top-down) that successively breaks problems into smaller, nested subunits.
Origin
1970-75
structured programming in Technology

programming
Any software development technique that includes structured design and results in the development of a program consisting of blocks of code whose internal details are independent. Structured programming is usually done in a block-structured language.
(2004-09-29)