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procedure |
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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