{{Wiktionary|development|developing}} {{Redirect-distinguish|Devel|Devil}} '''Development''' or '''developing''' may refer to:
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==Arts== * Development (music), the process by which thematic material is reshaped * Photographic development * Filmmaking, development phase, including finance and budgeting * Development hell, when a project is stuck in enduring development * Development (band), English progressive pop rock band * ''Development'' (album), a 2002 album by Nonpoint
==Business== * Business development, a process of growing a business * Career development * Corporate development, a position in a business * Energy development, activities concentrated on obtaining energy from natural resources * Fundraising, also called "development" * Green development, a real estate concept that considers social and environmental impact of development * Land development, altering the landscape in any number of ways * Land development bank, a kind of bank in India * Leadership development * New product development * Organization development * Professional development * Real estate development * Research and development * Training and development
==Biology and medicine== * Adult development, between adolescence and the end of life * Child development, between birth and the end of adolescence * ''Development'' (journal), an academic journal in developmental biology * Developmental biology, the study of the process by which organisms grow and develop * Developmental psychology, the scientific study of how and why human beings change over the course of their life * Drug development, the entire process of bringing a new drug or device to the market * Embryogenesis, or development, the process by which the embryo is formed * Human development (biology), the process of growing to maturity * Human tooth development or odontogenesis * Neural development, the processes that generate, shape, and reshape the nervous system * Personal development, or self-help * Prenatal development, the process in which a human embryo or fetus gestates during pregnancy * Youth development
==Computing== * Artificial development, an area of computer science and engineering * Mobile app development, act or process by which a mobile app is developed * Software development, the development of a software product * Video game development * Web development, work involved in developing a web site
==Social science== * Community development, practices to improve various aspects of communities * Developing country, a nation with a lesser developed industrial base * Development aid, financial aid given by governments and other agencies * Development communication * Development geography, a branch of geography which refers to the standard of living and quality of life of inhabitants * Development plan, a local authority's policies and proposals for land use * Development studies, examines socioeconomic growth and development, especially in developing countries, and may overlap with postcolonial studies * Development theory * Economic development, the process by which a nation improves the economic, political, and social well-being of its people * European Development Fund, the main instrument for European Union (EU) aid for development * Human development (behavioral), the science that seeks to understand how and why people of all ages and circumstances change or remain the same over time, see Developmental psychology * Human Development Index, used to rank countries by level of human development * International development, usually level of economic development * Regional development, aid and assistance to regions which are less economically developed * Rural development, the process of improving the quality of life and economic well-being of people living in rural areas * Sociocultural evolution, how cultures and societies have changed over time * Sustainable development
==Other uses== * Development (differential geometry), rolling one smooth surface over another * Development (drafting), a type of technical drawing * Development (topology), a countable collection of open coverings * Development, a term used in chess * Development of doctrine, a term used by John Henry Newman to describe Catholic teachings * Driver development program, a program used by racing teams to develop younger drivers * MFA Development, a Macanese football club
==See also== * Develop (disambiguation) * Elaboration (disambiguation) * Evolution, changes to a ''species'' over ''generations''
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