procedure (
http://definr.com/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