procedure

1. A particular course of action intended to achieve a result (synset 101025762)
   "the procedure of obtaining a driver's license"; "it was a process of trial and error"
   is a type of: activity - any specific behavior
   subtypes:

   • 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
   • calculation, computation, computing - 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
   • indirection - indirect procedure or action
   • rigamarole, rigmarole - a long and complicated and confusing procedure
   • modus operandi, routine - an unvarying or habitual method or procedure
   • condition, experimental condition - the procedure that is varied in order to estimate a variable's effect by comparison with a control condition
   • formula, rule - (mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of mathematical problems
   same as: process
2. A process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work (synset 100578105)
   "the operations in building a house"; "certain machine tool operations"
   is a type of: work - activity directed toward making or doing something
   same as: operation
3. A set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program (synset 106594579)
   is a type of: computer software, package, software, software package, software program, software system - (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
   subtypes:

   • 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
   • service routine, utility routine - a routine that can be used as needed
   is a part of: computer program, computer programme, program, programme - (computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute
   same as: function, routine, subprogram, subroutine
4. A mode of conducting legal and parliamentary proceedings (synset 101025578)
   is a type of: legal proceeding, proceeding, proceedings - (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked
   subtypes:

   • bureaucratic procedure, red tape - needlessly time-consuming procedure
   • objection - (law) a procedure whereby a party to a suit says that a particular line of questioning or a particular witness or a piece of evidence or other matter is improper and should not be continued and asks the court to rule on its impropriety or illegality

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