Noun

• S: (n) procedure, process (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"
• S: (n) operation, procedure (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"
• S: (n) routine, subroutine, subprogram, procedure, function (a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program)
• S: (n) procedure (a mode of conducting legal and parliamentary proceedings)