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Installation vs Procedure - What's the difference?

installation | procedure |

As nouns the difference between installation and procedure

is that installation is an act of installing while procedure is a particular method for performing a task.

installation

Noun

(en noun)
  • An act of installing.
  • Something installed, especially the whole of a system of machines, apparatus, and accessories, when set up and arranged for practical working, as in electric lighting, transmission of power, etc.
  • A work of installation art.
  • A grouping of facilities that constitute a permanent military base
  • Derived terms

    * installation art ----

    procedure

    Noun

  • A particular method for performing a task.
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  • A series of small tasks or steps taken to accomplish an end.
  • (label) The set of established forms or methods of an organized body for accomplishing a certain task or tasks.
  • The steps taken in an action or other legal proceeding.
  • * (Isaac Taylor) (1787–1865)
  • Gracious procedures .
  • (label) That which results; issue; product.
  • (Bacon)
  • (label) A subroutine or function coded to perform a specific task.
  • (label) A surgical operation.
  • Synonyms

    * (method) algorithm, method, process, routine * (set of established forms or methods of an organized body) protocol * (computing) function, routine, sub, subroutine, method (although some of these have slightly differing meanings in some programming languages) * (medicine) operation

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