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Recovery procedure
a documented, pre-decided, pre-rehearsed sequence of specific steps that restore a process to working state after a known category of failure, designed to eliminate improvisation and replace panic with protocol
Why This Is a Definition
This definition clearly names the term 'recovery procedure,' establishes its genus as a type of protocol/sequence, and specifies its differentia (documented, pre-decided, pre-rehearsed steps that restore process to working state after known failure categories). It distinguishes recovery procedures from improvisation and explains their purpose precisely.