What goes on during processing?

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proc·ess 1 Audio Help (prŏs'ěs', prō'sěs') Pronunciation Key

n. pl. proc·ess·es (prŏs'ěs'ĭz, prō'sěs'-, prŏs'ĭ-sēz', prō'sĭ-)

# A series of actions, changes, or functions bringing about a result: the process of digestion; the process of obtaining a driver's license. # A series of operations performed in the making or treatment of a product: a manufacturing process; leather dyed during the tanning process. # Progress; passage: the process of time; events now in process. # Law The entire course of a judicial proceeding. # Law ## A summons or writ ordering a defendant to appear in court. ## The total quantity of summonses or writs issued in a particular proceeding. ## A running software program or other computing operation. ## A part of a running software program or other computing operation that does a single task. # Biology An outgrowth of tissue; a projecting part: a bony process. # Any of various photomechanical or photoengraving methods. # Computer Science ## A running software program or other computing operation. ## A part of a running software program or other computing operation that does a single task. # See conk3.