A process is a series or set of
activities that interact to produce a result; it may occur once-only or be recurrent or periodic.
Things called a process include:
Business and management
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Business process
A business process, business method, or business function is a collection of related, structured activities or tasks performed by people or equipment in which a specific sequence produces a service or product (that serves a particular business g ...
, activities that produce a specific service or product for customers
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Business process modeling, activity of representing processes of an enterprise in order to deliver improvements
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Manufacturing process management, a collection of technologies and methods used to define how products are to be manufactured.
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Process architecture, structural design of processes, applies to fields such as computers, business processes, logistics, project management
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Process area, related processes within an area which together satisfies an important goal for improvements within that area
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Process costing, a cost allocation procedure of
managerial accounting
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Process management (project management), a systematic series of activities directed towards planning, monitoring the performance and causing an end result in engineering activities, business process, manufacturing processes or project management
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Process-based management, is a management approach that views a business as a collection of processes
Law
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Due process
Due process of law is application by the state of all legal rules and principles pertaining to a case so all legal rights that are owed to a person are respected. Due process balances the power of law of the land and protects the individual p ...
, the concept that governments must respect the rule of law
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Legal process, the proceedings and records of a legal case
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Service of process, the procedure of giving official notice of a legal proceeding
Science and technology
*The general concept of the scientific process, see
scientific method
The scientific method is an Empirical evidence, empirical method for acquiring knowledge that has been referred to while doing science since at least the 17th century. Historically, it was developed through the centuries from the ancient and ...
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Process theory, the scientific study of processes
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Industrial processes, consists of the purposeful sequencing of tasks that combine resources to produce a desired output
Biology and psychology
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Process (anatomy)
In anatomy, a process () is a projection or outgrowth of tissue from a larger body. For instance, in a vertebra, a process may serve for muscle attachment and leverage (as in the case of the transverse and spinous processes), or to fit (formi ...
, a projection or outgrowth of tissue from a larger body
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Biological process, a process of a living organism
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Cognitive process, such as attention, memory, language use, reasoning, and problem solving
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Mental process, a function or processes of the mind
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Neuronal process, also ''neurite'', a projection from the cell body of a neuron
Chemistry
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Chemical process
In a scientific sense, a chemical process is a method or means of somehow changing one or more chemicals or chemical compounds. Such a chemical process can occur by itself or be caused by an outside force, and involves a chemical reaction of som ...
, a method or means of changing one or more chemicals or chemical compounds
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Unit process, a step in manufacturing in which chemical reaction takes place
Computing
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Process (computing)
In computing, a process is the Instance (computer science), instance of a computer program that is being executed by one or many thread (computing), threads. There are many different process models, some of which are light weight, but almost all ...
, a computer program, or running a program concurrently with other programs
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Child process, created by another process
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Parent process
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Process management (computing), an integral part of any modern-day operating system (OS)
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Processing (programming language), an open-source language and integrated development environment
Mathematics
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probability theory
Probability theory or probability calculus is the branch of mathematics concerned with probability. Although there are several different probability interpretations, probability theory treats the concept in a rigorous mathematical manner by expre ...
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Branching process, a Markov process that models a population
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Diffusion process, a solution to a stochastic differential equation
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Empirical process, a stochastic process that describes the proportion of objects in a system in a given state
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Lévy process, a stochastic process with independent, stationary increments
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Poisson process, a point process consisting of randomly located points on some underlying space
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Predictable process, a stochastic process whose value is knowable
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Stochastic process
In probability theory and related fields, a stochastic () or random process is a mathematical object usually defined as a family of random variables in a probability space, where the index of the family often has the interpretation of time. Sto ...
, a random process, as opposed to a deterministic process
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Wiener process
In mathematics, the Wiener process (or Brownian motion, due to its historical connection with Brownian motion, the physical process of the same name) is a real-valued continuous-time stochastic process discovered by Norbert Wiener. It is one o ...
, a continuous-time stochastic process
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Process calculus, a diverse family of related approaches for formally modeling concurrent systems
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Process function, a mathematical concept used in thermodynamics
Thermodynamics
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Process function, a mathematical concept used in thermodynamics
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Thermodynamic process, the energetic evolution of a thermodynamic system
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Adiabatic process
An adiabatic process (''adiabatic'' ) is a type of thermodynamic process that occurs without transferring heat between the thermodynamic system and its Environment (systems), environment. Unlike an isothermal process, an adiabatic process transf ...
, which proceeds without transfer of heat or matter between a system and its surroundings
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Isenthalpic process, in which enthalpy stays constant
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Isobaric process, in which the pressure stays constant
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Isochoric process, in which volume stays constant
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Isothermal process, in which temperature stays constant
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Polytropic process, which obeys the equation
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Quasistatic process, which occurs infinitely slowly, as an approximation
Other uses
*The Process, a concept in the film ''
3%''
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Food processing
Food processing is the transformation of agricultural products into food, or of one form of food into other forms. Food processing takes many forms, from grinding grain into raw flour, home cooking, and complex industrial methods used in the mak ...
, transformation of raw ingredients, by physical or chemical means into food
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Language processing in the brain
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Natural language processing
Natural language processing (NLP) is a subfield of computer science and especially artificial intelligence. It is primarily concerned with providing computers with the ability to process data encoded in natural language and is thus closely related ...
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Praxis (process)
Praxis is the process by which a theory, lesson, or skill is enacted, embodied, realized, applied, or put into practice. "Praxis" may also refer to the act of engaging, applying, exercising, realizing, or practising ideas. This has been a recurr ...
, in philosophy, the process by which a theory or skill is enacted or realized
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Process (engineering)
In engineering, a process is a series of interrelated tasks that, together, transform inputs into a given output.ANSI/EIA-632-1998 Processes for Engineering a System, Appendix A These tasks may be carried out by people, nature or machines using ...
, set of interrelated tasks that transform inputs into outputs
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Process philosophy, which regards change as the cornerstone of reality
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Process thinking, a philosophy that focuses on present circumstances
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Writing process, a concept in writing and composition studies
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Work in process
Work in process or work-in-process, (WIP), work in progress (WIP), goods in process, or in-process inventory refers to a company's partially finished goods waiting for completion and eventual sale, or the value of these items. The term is used in ...
, goods that are partially completed within a company, awaiting finalization for sale.
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