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A '''process''' is a series or set of [[Action (philosophy)|activities]] that interact to produce a result; it may occur once-only or be recurrent or periodic.

Things called a process include:
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==Business and management==
*[[Business process]], activities that produce a specific service or product for customers
*[[Business process modeling]], activity of representing processes of an enterprise in order to deliver improvements
*[[Manufacturing process management]], a collection of technologies and methods used to define how products are to be manufactured. 
*[[Process architecture]], structural design of processes, applies to fields such as computers, business processes, logistics, project management
*[[Process area (CMMI)|Process area]], related processes within an area which together satisfies an important goal for improvements within that area
*[[Process costing]], a cost allocation procedure of [[managerial accounting]]
*[[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]], is a management approach that views a business as a collection of processes

==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

==Science and technology==
*The general concept of the scientific process, see [[scientific method]]
*[[Process theory]], the scientific study of processes
*[[Industrial processes]], consists of the purposeful sequencing of tasks that combine resources to produce a desired output

===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
*[[Neuronal process]], also ''neurite'', a projection from the cell body of a neuron

===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

===Computing===
*[[Process (computing)]], a computer program, or running a program concurrently with other programs
**[[Child process]], created by another process
**[[Parent process]]
*[[Process management (computing)]], an integral part of any modern-day operating system (OS)
*[[Processing (programming language)]], an open-source language and integrated development environment

===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

===Thermodynamics===
*[[Process function]], a mathematical concept used 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 <math>p v^{\,n} = C</math>
**[[Quasistatic process]], which occurs infinitely slowly, as an approximation

==Other uses==
*The Process, a concept in the film ''[[3%]]''
*[[Food processing]],  transformation of raw ingredients, by physical or chemical means into food
*[[Language processing in the brain]] <!--Please see [[Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2018 December 28#Processing (language)]] if considering deletion-->
*[[Natural language processing]]
*[[Praxis (process)]], in philosophy, the process by which a theory or skill is enacted or realized
*[[Process (engineering)]], set of interrelated tasks that transform inputs into outputs
*[[Process philosophy]], which regards change as the cornerstone of reality 
*[[Process thinking]], a philosophy that focuses on present circumstances
*[[Writing process]], a concept in writing and composition studies
*[[Work in process]], goods that are partially completed within a company, awaiting finalization for sale.

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