Man with pigeons at Montparnasse.

[Claudemir Bonfim]

Hi Carol,

According to the Webster's, Technique is:

Function: noun
Etymology: French, from technique technical, from Greek technikos
1 : the manner in which technical details are treated (as by a writer) or basic physical movements are used (as by a dancer); also : ability to treat such details or use such movements <good piano technique>
2 a : a body of technical methods (as in a craft or in scientific research) b : a method of accomplishing a desired aim

And the "yourdictionary.com":

[I]The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.

also tech