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