Method

Method (Ancient Greek: ???????, methodos) literally means a pursuit of knowledge, investigation, mode of prosecuting such inquiry, or system. In recent centuries it more often means a prescribed process for completing a task. It may refer to: Scientific method, a series of steps, or collection of methods, taken to acquire knowledge Method (computer programming), a piece of code associated with a class or object to perform a task Method (patent), under patent law, a protected series of steps or acts Methodology, comparison or study and critique of individual methods that are used in a given discipline or field of inquiry Discourse on the Method, a philosophical and mathematical treatise by René Descartes Methods (journal), a scientific journal covering research on techniques in the experimental biological and medical sciences