From David Bolton,
Your Guide to C / C++ / C#.
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Definition: Before Object Oriented Programming (OOP) was popular, computer software was written in a Procedural style.

This meant that the application was divided into a large number of procedures. C is largely procedural, and to a certain degree C++ and C# are as well.

A popular design methodology was "Structured Programming" but that has been rendered obsolete by OOP.

Glossary:

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Also Known As: Modular Programming

Examples: Object Oriented Programming is completely different from Procedural Programming.