threadedprocedure
nounUK /ˈθrɛdɪd prəˈsiːdʒə/
US /ˈθrɛdɪd prəˈsiːdʒər/
A threaded procedure is a set of steps that a computer follows in a line, one after another.
The programmer wrote a threaded procedure to guide the robot through each move.
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2. A procedure in which steps are linked together like beads on a string.
The teacher showed a threaded procedure for tying shoes, step by step.
3. A computing routine that runs as a single continuous thread of instructions.
The threaded procedure handled the data one piece at a time.
4. A method where each stage depends on the one before it.
Building the model used a threaded procedure, so no step could be skipped.