utility program

Questions about utility program

What does utility program mean?

utility program means "(computer science) a program designed for general support of the processes of a computer".

What is another word for utility program?

Close synonyms include utility, service program. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is utility program a common word?

utility program is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.