3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Procedure \Pro*ce"dure\, n. [F. proc['e]dure. See {Proceed}.]
1. The act or manner of proceeding or moving forward;
progress; process; operation; conduct. ``The true
procedure of conscience.'' --South.
2. A step taken an act performed; a proceeding; the steps
taken in an action or other legal proceeding. ``Gracious
procedures.'' --I. Taylor.
3. That which results; issue; product. [Obs.] --Bacon.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
procedure
n 1: a particular course of action intended to achieve a results;
"the procedure of obtaining a driver's license"; "it was
a process of trial and error" [syn: {process}]
2: a process or series of acts especially of a practical or
mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work:
"the operations in building a house"; "certain machine
tool operations" [syn: {operation}]
3: a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program
[syn: {routine}, {subroutine}, {subprogram}, {function}]
4: a mode of conducting legal and parliamentary proceedings
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]:
procedure
{subroutine}
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