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A process 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, and Nature. 1 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 Bessemer process is a way of producing steelSteel is a metal alloy whose major component is iron, with carbon being the primary alloying material. Carbon acts as a binding agent, locking the otherwise easily-moved iron atoms into a rigid lattice. Varying the amount of carbon and its distribution in.
- The process of miningSilver City, New Mexico is an open-pit copper mine Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth, usually (but not always) from an ore body, vein or (coal) seam. Materials commonly recovered by mining include b extracts oreAn ore is a mineral deposit containing a metal or other valuable resource in economically viable concentrations. Usually, it is used in the context of a mineral deposit from which it is economical to extract its metallic component. Ores are mined. Ore bod.
- EvolutionThis article is about biological evolution. For other possible meanings, see Evolution (disambiguation). Evolution generally refers to any process of change over time. However, in the context of the life sciences, evolution is a change in the genetic make is a natural process which explains the origin of species. (generally assumed to be an example of a recurrent process)
- The creationReligious creation beliefs Several religions have creation beliefs, some of which account for the existence and present form of the Universe by the act of creation by a supreme being or creator god. Most of these accounts depict one or several gods fashio of the universe by God would be an example of a divine process. (generally assumed to be a singular process)
- Process musicProcess music often used synonymously with minimalism, is specifically music which arises from a process, and more specifically, music which makes that process audible. A number of Steve Reich's early works are examples of process music, particularly a sp
- CivicCivics is the science of comparative government and means of administering public trusts the theory of governance as applied to state institutions. It is usually considered a branch of applied ethics and is certainly part of politics. Within any given pol governanceAlthough the term governance is often used synonymously with the term government it tends rather to be used to describe the processes and systems by which a government or governor operate. The term government and governor describe the institutions and peo and conflict resolution
- Error correction in the information processing of a stream of data.
- Protein biosynthesis
2 Philosophy
In philosophy and systems theory, basic processes, or logical homologies as they were termed by Ludwig von Bertalanffy, are unifying principles which operate in many different systemic contexts. For example, feedback, the principle which figures prominently in the science of cybernetics. Natural and industrial processes utilize basic processes such as feedback.
There is a philosophical system known as process philosophy, created by Alfred North Whitehead; related to this is process theology.
