procedure
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[edit] Etymology
From Old French procedure, from Latin procedere (“to go forward, proceed”); see proceed.
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procedure (countable and uncountable; plural procedures)
- A particular method for performing a task.
- A series of small tasks or steps taken to accomplish an end.
- (uncountable) The set of established forms or methods of an organized body for accomplishing a certain task or tasks.
- Ensure that you follow procedure when accessing customers' personal information.
- The steps taken in an action or other legal proceeding.
- Gracious procedures. —I. Taylor.
- (obsolete) That which results; issue; product.
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- (computing) A subroutine or function coded to perform a specific task.
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- (method): algorithm, method, process, routine
- (set of established forms or methods of an organized body): protocol
- (computing): function, routine, sub, subroutine, method (although some of these have slightly differing meanings in some programming languages)
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method
series of small tasks
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set of established forms or methods of an organized body
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steps taken in a legal proceeding
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computing: subroutine or function coded to perform a specific task
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[edit] External links
- procedure in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- procedure in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
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procedure f.
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[edit] Italian
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procedure f.
- Plural form of procedura.
