Procedure (term) definition

(1) 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"

(2) A mode of conducting legal and parliamentary proceedings

(3) 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"

(4) A set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program