A programming paradigm, derived from structured programming, based upon the concept of the procedure call.

"Procedural programming languages are designed to allow programmers to define a sequence of operations to be executed."

A programming paradigm, derived from structured programming, based upon the concept of the procedure call. Procedures, also known as routines, subroutines, or functions, simply contain a series of computational steps to be carried out.

"Procedural programming languages are designed around the concept of calling procedures in a specific sequence to achieve a task, with C being a prominent example."