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*Date: circa [http://www.wikipedia.org.wiki/17th_Century 1611]
==Definitions==
*1 a : a particular way of accomplishing something or of [[acting]]
:b : a step in a procedure
*2 a : a series of steps followed in a regular definite order <[[legal]] procedure> <a surgical procedure>
:b : a set of instructions for a computer that has a name by which it can be called into [[action]]
*3 a : a [[traditional]] or established way of [[doing]] [[things]]
:b : protocol
==Description==
A '''procedure''' is a specified [[series]] of [[actions]] or operations which have to be [[executed]] in a specified [[manner]] in order to always obtain the same result under the same [[circumstances]] (for example, [[emergency]] procedures). Less precisely [[speaking]], this [[word]] can indicate a [[sequence]] of tasks, steps, [[decisions]], [[calculation]]s and [[processes]], that when undertaken in the [[sequence]] laid down produces the described [[Effect|result]], product or outcome. A procedure usually induces a [[change]].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procedure]
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*Date: circa [http://www.wikipedia.org.wiki/17th_Century 1611]
==Definitions==
*1 a : a particular way of accomplishing something or of [[acting]]
:b : a step in a procedure
*2 a : a series of steps followed in a regular definite order <[[legal]] procedure> <a surgical procedure>
:b : a set of instructions for a computer that has a name by which it can be called into [[action]]
*3 a : a [[traditional]] or established way of [[doing]] [[things]]
:b : protocol
==Description==
A '''procedure''' is a specified [[series]] of [[actions]] or operations which have to be [[executed]] in a specified [[manner]] in order to always obtain the same result under the same [[circumstances]] (for example, [[emergency]] procedures). Less precisely [[speaking]], this [[word]] can indicate a [[sequence]] of tasks, steps, [[decisions]], [[calculation]]s and [[processes]], that when undertaken in the [[sequence]] laid down produces the described [[Effect|result]], product or outcome. A procedure usually induces a [[change]].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procedure]
[[Category: General Reference]]