procedure: Meaning and Definition of
pro•ce•dure
Pronunciation: (pru-sē'jur), [key]
— n.
- an act or a manner of proceeding in any action or process; conduct.
- a particular course or mode of action.
- any given mode of conducting legal, parliamentary, or other business, esp. litigation and judicial proceedings.
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- the sequence of actions or instructions to be followed in solving a problem or accomplishing a task.
- Also calledsubprogram.a group of statements that may be used at one or more points in a computer program.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.