Process

Process or processing (verb) typically describes the action of taking something through an established and usually routine set of procedures or steps to convert it from one form to another, such as processing paperwork to grant a mortgage loan, processing milk into cheese, or converting computer data from one form to another. A process involves steps and decisions in the way work is accomplished, and may involve a sequence of events.

The process that one follows is as important as the results that are produced by the process. Without understanding the underlying process, it is difficult to know how a certain set of results were achieved, or why they were good or bad. So, if results are viewed as the "destination", then process can be viewed as the "vehicle" that gets you there (and ideally, you should be able to use the same "vehicle" for many trips...with a few modifications based on the desired destination!)

Process or processing may refer to:

• Process (philosophy), unifying principles which operate in many different systemic contexts
• Process haircut, which uses a Relaxer chemical agent to straighten hair

Science and technology

• Process (engineering), in the article, engineering which is collaborative and concerned with completing a project as a whole; or, in general, a set of transformations of input elements into output elements with specific properties, with the transformations characterized by parameters and constraints
• Systems engineering process, a process for applying systems engineering techniques to the development of systems
• Process (science), a method or event that results in a transformation in a physical or biological object, a substance or an organism
• Chemical process, a method or means of changing one or more chemicals or chemical compounds
• Thermodynamic process, the energetic evolution of a thermodynamic system
• Process control, a statistics and engineering discipline that deals with controlling the output of processes
• Process theory, the scientific study of processes
• Stochastic process, in probability theory, a random process, as contrasted to a deterministic process
• Process (patent), usually refers to a manufacturing process
• Food processing, transforming raw ingredients into food
• Information processing, change (processing) of information detectable by an observer
• Process Manufacturing, manufacturing concerned with formulas and recipes
• Signal processing, analysis of images and time-varying measurement values
• Process ontology‎, a description of the components and their relationships that make up a process

Computers

• Process (computing), a computer program or an instance of a program running concurrently with other programs
• Process group, in POSIX-conformant operating systems, a collection of one or more processes
• Processing (programming language), a programming language and integrated development environment built for the electronic arts and visual design communities
• Processing.js, a JavaScript port of Processing (programming language)
• Computer data processing, using a computer to enter data and convert data into usable information
• Word processing, creation of documents using a word processor
• Geometry processing, or mesh processing, processing of 3D models

Medicine, biology, and psychology

• Process (anatomy), a projection or outgrowth of tissue from a larger body
• Biological process, a process of a living organism
• Cognitive process, the process of thought
• Mental process, functions or processes done with the mind
• Processing (Chinese materia medica), the technique of altering the properties of crude drugs by such means as roasting, honey frying, wine frying, earth frying, vinegar frying, calcining, or other means

Business

• Business process, activities or tasks that produce a specific service or product for customers
• Industrial process, a procedure involving chemical or mechanical steps to aid in the manufacture of an item or items
• Business process mapping, activities involved in defining a business entity
• Process architecture, the structural design of process systems
• Process management, the activities of planning and monitoring the performance of a process
• Process modeling, processes of the same nature are classified together into a model
• Business process management (BPM), a management approach focused on aligning all aspects of an organization with the wants and needs of clients
• Business process modeling (BPM), in systems engineering and software engineering, the activity of representing the processes of an enterprise

Law

• Due process, the concept that governments must respect the rule of law
• Legal process, the proceedings and records of a legal case
• Service of process, an official notice of a legal proceeding

Music

• Process music, music which arises from a process
• Process (Candy Lo album)