Procedure : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Procedure	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Procedure
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
procedure n 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(s): procedure, process 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(s): operation, procedure a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program Synonym(s): routine, subroutine, subprogram, procedure, function a mode of conducting legal and parliamentary proceedings
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Procedure \Proce"dure\, n. [F. proc[82]dure. See {Proceed}.] 1. The act or manner of proceeding or moving forward; progress; process; operation; conduct. [bd]The true procedure* of conscience.[b8] --South. 2. A step taken; an act performed; a proceeding; the steps taken in an action or other legal proceeding. [bd]Gracious procedures.[b8] --I. Taylor. 3. That which results; issue; product. [Obs.] --Bacon.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
procedure {subroutine}