From David Bolton,
Your Guide to C / C++ / C#.
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Definition: A procedure is a block of code that performs a single task. Its a building block of a computer program but is a somewhat old fashioned phrase as nowadays computer languages use functions not procedures.

The language Pascal had both procedures and functions - the only difference is that a procedure does not return a result. In C, C++ and C#, this is called a void function.

Glossary:

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Also Known As: function, module

Examples: There was a major bug in the initialization procedure.