procedural

//prəˈsiːdʒərəl//
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Adjective

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1

Relating to or involving an established or official way of doing something, especially in legal, administrative, or technical contexts.

The case was dismissed due to procedural errors.

2

Concerned with the methods and steps followed in a process rather than the substance or content.

The committee raised several procedural questions before discussing the main proposal.

3

(Computing) Relating to a programming paradigm that uses a sequence of instructions or procedures to perform tasks.

Many beginners start learning procedural programming before moving on to object-oriented languages.