Process

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A process is a set of interrelated activities that interact to achieve a result.

Process may refer to:

In arts and entertainent

• Process (Candy Lo album), 2007
• The Process (collective), formed in the 1990s
• Writing process, a concept in writing and composition studies

In 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, the procedure of giving official notice of a legal proceeding

In science and technology

• Process (science), the scientific method
• Process theory, the scientific study of processes

In 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, such as attention, memory, language use, reasoning, and problem solving
• Mental process, a function or processes of the mind

In chemistry

• Chemical process, a method or means of changing one or more chemicals or chemical compounds
• Unit process, a step in manufacturing in which chemical reaction takes place

In computing

• Process (computing), a computer program, or running a program concurrently with other programs
  • Child process, created by another process
  • Parent process
• Processing (programming language), an open-source language and integrated development environment

In mathematics

• In probability theory:
  • Branching process, a Markov process that models a population
  • Diffusion process, a solution to a stochastic differential equation
  • Empirical process, a stochastic process that describes the proportion of objects in a system in a given state
  • Lévy process, a stochastic process with independent, stationary increments
  • Poisson process, a point process consisting of randomly located points on some underlying space
  • Predictable process, a stochastic process whose value is knowable
  • Stochastic process, a random process, as opposed to a deterministic process
  • Wiener process, a continuous-time stochastic process
• Process calculus, a diverse family of related approaches for formally modeling concurrent systems
• Process function, a mathematical concept used in thermodynamics

In thermodynamics

• Thermodynamic process, the energetic evolution of a thermodynamic system
  • Adiabatic process, which proceeds without transfer of heat or matter between a system and its surroundings
  • Isenthalpic process, in which enthalpy stays constant
  • Isobaric process, in which the pressure stays constant
  • Isochoric process, in which volume stays constant
  • Isothermal process, in which temperature stays constant
  • Polytropic process, which obeys the equation
  • Quasistatic process, which occurs infinitely slowly, as an approximation
• Process function, a mathematical concept used in thermodynamics

Other uses

• Business process, activities that produce a specific service or product for customers
• Process philosophy, which regards change as the cornerstone of reality
• Praxis (process), in philosophy, the process by which a theory or skill is enacted or realized
• Process Thinking, a philosophy that focuses on present circumstances.