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(1) Manual procedures are human tasks. (2) Machine procedures are lists of programs or operating system functions to be executed. A mainframe uses job control language (JCL). Unix systems use...
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Definition: procedure
(1) Manual procedures are human tasks.
(2) Machine procedures are lists of programs or operating system functions to be executed. A mainframe uses job control language (JCL). Unix systems use shell scripts. Windows machines use batch files.
(3) In programming, a procedure is another term for a subroutine or function.
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