A procedure is a specification of the series of actions, acts or operations which have to be executed in the same manner in order to obtain always the same result in the same circumstances (for example, emergency procedures). Less precisely speaking, this word can indicate a sequence of activities, tasks, steps, decisions, calculations and processes, that when undertaken in the sequence laid down produces the described result, product or outcome. A procedure usually induces a change. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary (from wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 150 languages. ... Specification may refer to several different concepts: Specification (standards) refers to specific standards Specificatio - a legal concept Specification (regression) refers to the practice of translating theory into a regression model Category: ... Look up Change in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Procedure may also refer to:

• Instructions or recipes, a set of commands that show how to prepare or make something
• Subroutine or method (computer science), a portion of code within a larger program
• Algorithm, in mathematics, a set of operations or calculations that accomplish some goal
• Surgical procedure, in medicine, treating diseases through an operation; see also List of surgical procedures
• Legal procedure, in law, the body of law and rules used in the administration of justice in the court system
  • Civil procedure, criminal procedure, administrative procedure, labour procedure
• Parliamentary procedure, in government, the process used for decision making by a legislative assembly. This includes legislative procedure.

Look up instruction in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... An example recipe, printed from the Wikibooks Cookbook. ... In computer science, a subroutine (function, method, procedure, or subprogram) is a portion of code within a larger program, which performs a specific task and is relatively independent of the remaining code. ... Used mainly in object-oriented programming, the term method refers to a piece of code that is exclusively associated either with a class (called class methods, static methods, or factory methods) or with an object (called instance methods). ... In mathematics, computing, linguistics, and related disciplines, an algorithm is a finite set of well-defined instructions for accomplishing some task which, given an initial state, will terminate in a defined end-state. ... A cardiothoracic surgeon performs a mitral valve replacement at the Fitzsimons Army Medical Center. ... Surgical procedures have long and possibly daunting names. ... Legal procedure is the body of law and rules used in the administration of justice in the court system, including such areas as civil procedure, criminal procedure, appellate procedure, administrative procedure, labour procedure, and probate. ... Civil procedure is the body of law that sets out the process that courts will follow when hearing cases of a civil nature (a civil action, as opposed to a criminal action). ... Criminal procedure refers to the legal process for adjudicating claims that someone has violated the criminal law. ... Administrative law in the United States often relates to, or arises from, so-called independent agencies- such as the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Here is FTCs headquarters in Washington D.C. Administrative law (or regulatory law) is the body of law that arises from the activities of administrative agencies... Parliamentary procedure is the name given to the set of rules governing the decision-making process used by a deliberative assembly. ... Parliamentary procedure is the name given to the set of rules governing the decision-making process used by a deliberative assembly. ...

See also

• HowTo
• Standard Operating Procedures