procedure

noun

1. 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. 2

   a mode of conducting legal and parliamentary proceedings

3. 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. 4

   a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program