Main entry: operation, procedure
Definition: a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work
Usage: the operations in building a house; certain machine tool operations
Main entry: procedure
Definition: a mode of conducting legal and parliamentary proceedings
Main entry: procedure, process
Definition: a particular course of action intended to achieve a result
Usage: the procedure of obtaining a driver's license; it was a process of trial and error
Main entry: function, routine, subprogram, subroutine, procedure
Definition: a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program