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procedure

1. the established mode or form of conducting the business of a legislature, the enforcement of a legal right, etc.
2. Computing another name for subroutine
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procedure

[prə′sē·jər]
(computer science)
A sequence of actions (or computer instructions) which collectively accomplish some desired task.
In particular, a subroutine that causes an effect external to itself.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

procedure

A series of predetermined maneuvers for the orderly transfer of an aircraft under instrument flight conditions from the beginning of the initial approach to a landing or to a point from which a landing may be made visually or the missed approach procedure is initiated.
An Illustrated Dictionary of Aviation Copyright © 2005 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved

procedure

subroutine
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