Definition of Procedure

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procedure
n. routine, protocol; course of action; subroutine, sequence of instructions (Computers)

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Procedure Definition from Computer & Internet Dictionaries & Glossaries

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procedure
subroutine

Vb Glossary 1.0
procedure
procedure

A named sequence of statements executed as a unit. For example, Function, Property, and Sub are types of procedures. A procedure name is always defined at module level. All executable code must be contained in a procedure. Procedures can't be nested within other procedures.


Procedure Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Procedure
(n.)
The act or manner of proceeding or moving forward; progress; process; operation; conduct.
  
(n.)
That which results; issue; product.
  
(n.)
A step taken; an act performed; a proceeding; the steps taken in an action or other legal proceeding.
  

WordNet 2.0
procedure

Noun
1. a particular course of action intended to achieve a result; "the procedure of obtaining a driver's license"; "it was a process of trial and error"
(synonym) process
(hypernym) activity
(hyponym) Bertillon system
(derivation) go, proceed, move
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"
(synonym) operation
(hypernym) work
3. a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program
(synonym) routine, subroutine, subprogram, function
(hypernym) software, software system, software package, package
(hyponym) cataloged procedure
(part-holonym) program, programme, computer program, computer programme
4. a mode of conducting legal and parliamentary proceedings
(hypernym) proceeding, legal proceeding, proceedings
(hyponym) bureaucratic procedure, red tape

hEnglish - advanced version
procedure

procedure
\pro*ce"dure\ (?), n. [f. procédure. see proceed.]
1. the act or manner of proceeding or moving forward; progress; process; operation; conduct. "the true procedure of conscience."
2. a step taken; an act performed; a proceeding; the steps taken in an action or other legal proceeding. "gracious procedures." taylor.
3. that which results; issue; product. [obs.]
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


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 check-out procedure 
 parliamentary procedure 
 remote procedure call 
 link access procedure on the d channel 
 standard operating procedure 

for Vocabulary Exams of KPDS, YDS,UDS (in Turkey); and SAT in America
procedure
A manner or method of acting.

Concise English-Irish Dictionary v. 1.1
procedure
(programing) procedure: fo-oideas

JM Welsh <=> English Dictionary
Hanaeth
Hanaeth = n. procedure



Law Dictionary
Procedure
Legal method; the machinery for carrying on the suit, includingpleading, process, evidence and practice. The term thus refers to the mechanicsof the legal process -- the body of rules and practice by which justice ismeted out by the legal system -- rather than the substance and content of thelaw itself.

TAO OF DIVORCE A - Z
Procedure
See Rules of Procedure; Rules of Civil Procedure; Rules of Domestic Relations Procedure


Procedure Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries

English-Latin Online Dictionary
procedure
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Procedure Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries

English - Klingon
procedure
n. mIw - process
n.
nab - plan

this procedure
n. mIwvam


Procedure Definition from Social Science Dictionaries & Glossaries

Glossary of Significant Concepts in Parental Acceptance-Rejection Theory
Procedure
A specific measurement process. That is, a procedure is a single assessment device, measure, or technique of data collection such as interviewing or the use of questionnaires. Each of these is a single, coherent, and integrated procedure for collecting information, and is to be distinguished from a methodology. (See universalist approach; convergence of methodologies


Procedure Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries

eng-iso
Procedure
The steps in a process and how these steps are to be performed for the process to fulfill customer's requirements.


Procedure Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries

Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia
Procedure
A procedure is a specification of series of actions, acts or operations which have to be executed in the same manner in order to always obtain the same result in the same circumstances (for example, emergency procedures). Less precisely speaking, this word can indicate a sequence of activities, tasks, steps, decisions, calculations and processes, that when undertaken in the sequence laid down produces the described result, product or outcome. A procedure usually induces a change.

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