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(noun) operation
a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work
the operations in building a house; certain machine tool operations
(noun) process
a particular course of action intended to achieve a result
the procedure of obtaining a driver's license; it was a process of trial and error
(noun) function, routine, subprogram, subroutine
a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program