Noun: procedure pru'see-ju(r)
- A process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work
"The surgical procedure took three hours";
- operation
- A particular course of action intended to achieve a result
"the procedure of obtaining a driver's licence";
- process
- A set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program
"The programmer created a procedure to handle user input validation";
- routine, subroutine, subprogram, function
- A mode of conducting legal and parliamentary proceedings
"The court procedure was complex and time-consuming"; "Parliamentary procedure ensures orderly debates"
Derived forms: procedures
Type of: activity, computer software, legal proceeding, package, proceeding, proceedings, software, software package, software program, software system, work
Part of: computer program, computer programme [Brit], program, programme [Brit, Cdn]
Encyclopedia: Procedure