procedure

Noun

• a mode of conducting legal and parliamentary proceedings

• a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program

• 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
    

• 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
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  routine , subroutine , subprogram , function , operation , process