sociology - Method

In layman's terms, a method is a series of steps taken to accomplish an objective. See method (general) , and for example scientific method.
In computer science, a method is another name for an action, algorithm, function, or procedure; more specifically, in object-oriented programming, it is an implementation of code responding to certain messages.
Method acting is a style of acting in which the actor attempts to replicate the conditions under which the character operates.
(See also Methodology.)