Process (lat. processus - movement) is a naturally occurring or designed sequence of operations or events, possibly taking up time, space, expertise or other resource, which produces some outcome. A process may be identified by the changes it creates in the properties of one or more objects under its influence. Compare: project. See also: process management, process theory, Industrial process, and Category:Nature. The word operation can mean any of several things: The method, act, process, or effect of using a device or system. ... An event is something that takes place; an occurrence and arbitrary point in time. ... A pocket watch. ... Space has been an interest for philosophers and scientists for much of human history, and hence it is difficult to provide an uncontroversial and clear definition outside of specific defined contexts. ... Expertise is the property of a person (that is, expert) or of a system which delivers a desired result such as pertinent information or skill. ... Resources comprise the base material for an activity or industry: factors of production, the economics term human capital, human resources (HR) and innovation natural resources resource (computer science) resource (Web) resource (Windows) resource (Macintosh) resource (political) resource (project management) Resource Distribution, human influence and the effects of trade. ... A property is an intrinsic or extrinsic quality of an object—where an object may be of any differing nature, depending on the context and field — be it computing, philosophy, etc. ... A project is a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product or service. ... Process management is the ensemble of activities of planning and monitoring the performance of a process, especially in the sense of business process, often confused with reengineering. ... Process theory is a commonly used form of scientific research study in which events or occurrences are said to be the result of certain input states leading to a certain outcome (output) state, following a set process. ... Industrial processes are procedures involving chemical or mechanical steps to aid in the manufacture an item or items. ...

Illustration of a process: a geyser in action.

Photo taken by Daniel Mayer and released under terms of the GNU FDL. File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Photo taken by Daniel Mayer and released under terms of the GNU FDL. File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Look up Process in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Process (lat. ... Clepsydra Geyser in Yellowstone A geyser is a type of hot spring that erupts periodically, ejecting a column of hot water and steam into the air. ...

Examples

A process may be categorized as singular, recurrent, or periodic. A singular process would be one which occurs only once. Few processes in nature can be considered singular. Most processes found in nature are recurrent, or repeat more than once. Recurring processes which repeat at a constant rate are considered periodic. The more periodic a process is the more useful it is as the basis of a clock. Below are a few specific examples of processes. The word singular may refer to one of several concepts. ... Recurrent redirects here; for the meaning of recurrent in CHR airplay, see Recurrent rotation. ... Periodicity is the quality of occurring at regular intervals (e. ... A wall clock A (from the Latin cloca, bell) is an instrument for measuring time, usually for measuring time of intervals less than a day--as opposed to a calendar. ...

• The Bessemer process is a way of producing steel.
• The process of mining extracts ore.
• Evolution is a natural process which explains the adaptation of species over long periods of time. (generally assumed to be an example of a recurrent process)
• The creation of the universe by God would be an example of a divine process. (generally assumed to be a singular process)
• Process music
• Civic governance and conflict resolution
• Error correction in the information processing of a stream of data.
• Protein biosynthesis