Noun
procedure -
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"
process
activity any specific behavior; "they avoided all recreational activity"
bertillon system a system or procedure for identifying persons
fingerprinting the procedure of taking inked impressions of a person's fingerprints for the purpose of identification
genetic fingerprinting ,
genetic profiling the procedure of analyzing the DNA in samples of a person's body tissue or body fluid for the purpose of identification
diagnostic procedure ,
diagnostic technique a procedure followed in making a medical diagnosis
emergency procedure (medicine) a procedure adopted to meet an emergency (especially a medical emergency)
experimental procedure the specific techniques used in conducting a particular experiment
computation ,
computing ,
calculation the procedure of calculating; determining something by mathematical or logical methods
medical procedure a procedure employed by medical or dental practitioners
chromosome mapping ,
mapping (genetics) the process of locating genes on a chromosome
operating procedure a procedure for operating something or for dealing with a given situation
stiffening the act of becoming stiff; "stiffening his shoulders, he prepared to advance"
indirection deceitful action that is not straightforward; "he could see through the indirections of diplomats"
rigamarole ,
rigmarole a long and complicated and confusing procedure; "all that academic rigmarole was a waste of time"
modus operandi ,
routine an unvarying or habitual method or procedure
experimental condition ,
condition the procedure that is varied in order to estimate a variable's effect by comparison with a control condition
procedure -
a mode of conducting legal and parliamentary proceedings
legal proceeding ,
proceeding ,
proceedings (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked
bureaucratic procedure ,
red tape needlessly time-consuming procedure
procedure -
a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program
routine ,
subroutine ,
subprogram ,
function
computer software ,
software ,
software program ,
software system ,
software package ,
package (computer science) written programs or procedures or rules and associated documentation pertaining to the operation of a computer system and that are stored in read/write memory; "the market for software is expected to expand"
computer program ,
computer programme ,
programme ,
program a performance (or series of performances) at a public presentation; "the program lasted more than two hours"
cataloged procedure a set of control statements that have been placed in a library and can be retrieved by name
contingency procedure an alternative to the normal procedure; triggered if an unusual but anticipated situation arises
library routine a debugged routine that is maintained in a program library
random number generator a routine designed to yield a random number
recursive routine a routine that can call itself
reusable routine a routine that can be loaded once and executed repeatedly
executive routine ,
supervisory routine a routine that coordinates the operation of subroutines
tracing routine a routine that provides a chronological record of the execution of a computer program
procedure -
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"
operation
work activity directed toward making or doing something; "she checked several points needing further work"
