# Process > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Process > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Process.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Process > Source revision: 1309208894 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Series of activities}} {{other uses}} A '''process''' is a series or set of [activities](/source/Action_(philosophy)) that interact to produce a result; it may occur once-only or be recurrent or periodic. Things called a process include: {{TOC_right}} ==Business and management== *[Business process](/source/Business_process), activities that produce a specific service or product for customers *[Business process modeling](/source/Business_process_modeling), activity of representing processes of an enterprise in order to deliver improvements *[Manufacturing process management](/source/Manufacturing_process_management), a collection of technologies and methods used to define how products are to be manufactured. *[Process architecture](/source/Process_architecture), structural design of processes, applies to fields such as computers, business processes, logistics, project management *[Process area](/source/Process_area_(CMMI)), related processes within an area which together satisfies an important goal for improvements within that area *[Process costing](/source/Process_costing), a cost allocation procedure of [managerial accounting](/source/managerial_accounting) *[Process management (project management)](/source/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 *[Process-based management](/source/Process-based_management), is a management approach that views a business as a collection of processes ==Law== *[Due process](/source/Due_process), the concept that governments must respect the rule of law *[Legal process](/source/Legal_process), the proceedings and records of a legal case *[Service of process](/source/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](/source/scientific_method) *[Process theory](/source/Process_theory), the scientific study of processes *[Industrial processes](/source/Industrial_processes), consists of the purposeful sequencing of tasks that combine resources to produce a desired output ===Biology and psychology=== *[Process (anatomy)](/source/Process_(anatomy)), a projection or outgrowth of tissue from a larger body *[Biological process](/source/Biological_process), a process of a living organism *[Cognitive process](/source/Cognitive_process), such as attention, memory, language use, reasoning, and problem solving *[Mental process](/source/Mental_process), a function or processes of the mind *[Neuronal process](/source/Neuronal_process), also ''neurite'', a projection from the cell body of a neuron ===Chemistry=== *[Chemical process](/source/Chemical_process), a method or means of changing one or more chemicals or chemical compounds *[Unit process](/source/Unit_process), a step in manufacturing in which chemical reaction takes place ===Computing=== *[Process (computing)](/source/Process_(computing)), a computer program, or running a program concurrently with other programs **[Child process](/source/Child_process), created by another process **[Parent process](/source/Parent_process) *[Process management (computing)](/source/Process_management_(computing)), an integral part of any modern-day operating system (OS) *[Processing (programming language)](/source/Processing_(programming_language)), an open-source language and integrated development environment ===Mathematics=== *In [probability theory](/source/probability_theory): **[Branching process](/source/Branching_process), a Markov process that models a population **[Diffusion process](/source/Diffusion_process), a solution to a stochastic differential equation **[Empirical process](/source/Empirical_process), a stochastic process that describes the proportion of objects in a system in a given state **[Lévy process](/source/L%C3%A9vy_process), a stochastic process with independent, stationary increments **[Poisson process](/source/Poisson_process), a point process consisting of randomly located points on some underlying space **[Predictable process](/source/Predictable_process), a stochastic process whose value is knowable **[Stochastic process](/source/Stochastic_process), a random process, as opposed to a deterministic process **[Wiener process](/source/Wiener_process), a continuous-time stochastic process *[Process calculus](/source/Process_calculus), a diverse family of related approaches for formally modeling concurrent systems *[Process function](/source/Process_function), a mathematical concept used in thermodynamics ===Thermodynamics=== *[Process function](/source/Process_function), a mathematical concept used in thermodynamics *[Thermodynamic process](/source/Thermodynamic_process), the energetic evolution of a thermodynamic system **[Adiabatic process](/source/Adiabatic_process), which proceeds without transfer of heat or matter between a system and its surroundings **[Isenthalpic process](/source/Isenthalpic_process), in which enthalpy stays constant **[Isobaric process](/source/Isobaric_process), in which the pressure stays constant **[Isochoric process](/source/Isochoric_process), in which volume stays constant **[Isothermal process](/source/Isothermal_process), in which temperature stays constant **[Polytropic process](/source/Polytropic_process), which obeys the equation p v^{\,n} = C **[Quasistatic process](/source/Quasistatic_process), which occurs infinitely slowly, as an approximation ==Other uses== *The Process, a concept in the film ''[3%](/source/3%25)'' *[Food processing](/source/Food_processing), transformation of raw ingredients, by physical or chemical means into food *[Language processing in the brain](/source/Language_processing_in_the_brain) *[Natural language processing](/source/Natural_language_processing) *[Praxis (process)](/source/Praxis_(process)), in philosophy, the process by which a theory or skill is enacted or realized *[Process (engineering)](/source/Process_(engineering)), set of interrelated tasks that transform inputs into outputs *[Process philosophy](/source/Process_philosophy), which regards change as the cornerstone of reality *[Process thinking](/source/Process_thinking), a philosophy that focuses on present circumstances *[Writing process](/source/Writing_process), a concept in writing and composition studies *[Work in process](/source/Work_in_process), goods that are partially completed within a company, awaiting finalization for sale. ==External links== {{Wiktionary|process|processes|processing}} *{{Wiktionary-inline}} *{{Wiktionary-inline|processes}} *{{Wiktionary-inline|processing}} Category:Business processes Category:Business process management Category:Process engineering Category:Industrial processes Category:Technology-related lists Category:Legal procedure Category:Biological processes Category:Chemical processes Category:Process (computing) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Process](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Process) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor 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