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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) : [ foldoc ]


  process
       
          1.  The sequence of states of an
          executing program.  A process consists of the program code
          (which may be shared with other processes which are executing
          the same program), private data, and the state of the
          processor, particularly the values in its registers.  It
          may have other associated resources such as a process
          identifier, open files, CPU time limits, shared memory,
          child processes, and signal handlers.
       
          One process may, on some platforms, consist of many
          threads.  A multitasking operating system can run
          multiple processes concurrently or in parallel, and allows
          a process to spawn "child" processes.
       
          (2001-06-16)
       
          2.  The sequence of activities, people, and systems
          involved in carrying out some business or achieving some
          desired result.  E.g. software development process, project
          management process, configuration management process.
       
          (2001-06-16)

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Service \Serv"ice\, n. [OE. servise, OF. servise, service, F.
     service, from L. servitium. See Serve.]
     1. The act of serving; the occupation of a servant; the
        performance of labor for the benefit of another, or at
        another's command; attendance of an inferior, hired
        helper, slave, etc., on a superior, employer, master, or
        the like; also, spiritual obedience and love. ``O God . .
        . whose service is perfect freedom.'' --Bk. of Com.
        Prayer.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Madam, I entreat true peace of you,
              Which I will purchase with my duteous service.
                                                    --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              God requires no man's service upon hard and
              unreasonable terms.                   --Tillotson.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. The deed of one who serves; labor performed for another;
        duty done or required; office.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              I have served him from the hour of my nativity, . .
              . and have nothing at his hands for my service but
              blows.                                --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              This poem was the last piece of service I did for my
              master, King Charles.                 --Dryden.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              To go on the forlorn hope is a service of peril; who
              will understake it if it be not also a service of
              honor?                                --Macaulay.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Office of devotion; official religious duty performed;
        religious rites appropriate to any event or ceremonial;
        as, a burial service.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The outward service of ancient religion, the rites,
              ceremonies, and ceremonial vestments of the old law.
                                                    --Coleridge.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. Hence, a musical composition for use in churches.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. Duty performed in, or appropriate to, any office or
        charge; official function; hence, specifically, military
        or naval duty; performance of the duties of a soldier.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              When he cometh to experience of service abroad . . .
              ne maketh a worthy soldier.           --Spenser.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     6. Useful office; advantage conferred; that which promotes
        interest or happiness; benefit; avail.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The stork's plea, when taken in a net, was the
              service she did in picking up venomous creatures.
                                                    --L'Estrange.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     7. Profession of respect; acknowledgment of duty owed.
        ``Pray, do my service to his majesty.'' --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     8. The act and manner of bringing food to the persons who eat
        it; order of dishes at table; also, a set or number of
        vessels ordinarily used at table; as, the service was
        tardy and awkward; a service of plate or glass.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              There was no extraordinary service seen on the
              board.                                --Hakewill.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     9. (Law) The act of bringing to notice, either actually or
        constructively, in such manner as is prescribed by law;
        as, the service of a subp[oe]na or an attachment.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     10. (Naut.) The materials used for serving a rope, etc., as
         spun yarn, small lines, etc.
         [1913 Webster]
  
     11. (Tennis) The act of serving the ball.
         [1913 Webster]
  
     12. Act of serving or covering. See Serve, v. t., 13.
         [1913 Webster]
  
     Service book, a prayer book or missal.
  
     Service line (Tennis), a line parallel to the net, and at a
        distance of 21 feet from it.
  
     Service of a writ, process, etc. (Law), personal delivery
        or communication of the writ or process, etc., to the
        party to be affected by it, so as to subject him to its
        operation; the reading of it to the person to whom notice
        is intended to be given, or the leaving of an attested
        copy with the person or his attorney, or at his usual
        place of abode.
  
     Service of an attachment (Law), the seizing of the person
        or goods according to the direction.
  
     Service of an execution (Law), the levying of it upon the
        goods, estate, or person of the defendant.
  
     Service pipe, a pipe connecting mains with a dwelling, as
        in gas pipes, and the like. --Tomlinson.
  
     To accept service. (Law) See under Accept.
  
     To see service (Mil.), to do duty in the presence of the
        enemy, or in actual war.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Process \Proc"ess\, n. [F. proc[`e]s, L. processus. See
     Proceed.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. The act of proceeding; continued forward movement;
        procedure; progress; advance. ``Long process of time.''
        --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The thoughts of men are widened with the process of
              the suns.                             --Tennyson.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A series of actions, motions, or occurrences; progressive
        act or transaction; continuous operation; normal or actual
        course or procedure; regular proceeding; as, the process
        of vegetation or decomposition; a chemical process;
        processes of nature.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Tell her the process of Antonio's end. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. A statement of events; a narrative. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. (Anat. & Zo["o]l.) Any marked prominence or projecting
        part, especially of a bone; anapophysis.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. (Law) The whole course of proceedings in a cause real or
        personal, civil or criminal, from the beginning to the end
        of the suit; strictly, the means used for bringing the
        defendant into court to answer to the action; -- a generic
        term for writs of the class called judicial.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Deacon's process [from H. Deacon, who introduced it]
        (Chem.), a method of obtaining chlorine gas by passing
        hydrochloric acid gas over heated slag which has been
        previously saturated with a solution of some metallic
        salt, as sulphate of copper.
  
     Final process (Practice), a writ of execution in an action
        at law. --Burrill.
  
     In process, in the condition of advance, accomplishment,
        transaction, or the like; begun, and not completed.
  
     Jury process (Law), the process by which a jury is summoned
        in a cause, and by which their attendance is enforced.
        --Burrill.
  
     Leblanc's process (Chem.), the process of manufacturing
        soda by treating salt with sulphuric acid, reducing the
        sodium sulphate so formed to sodium sulphide by roasting
        with charcoal, and converting the sodium sulphide to
        sodium carbonate by roasting with lime.
  
     Mesne process. See under Mesne.
  
     Process milling, the process of high milling for grinding
        flour. See under Milling.
  
     Reversible process (Thermodynamics), any process consisting
        of a cycle of operations such that the different
        operations of the cycle can be performed in reverse order
        with a reversal of their effects.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Service \Serv"ice\, n. [OE. servise, OF. servise, service, F.
     service, from L. servitium. See Serve.]
     1. The act of serving; the occupation of a servant; the
        performance of labor for the benefit of another, or at
        another's command; attendance of an inferior, hired
        helper, slave, etc., on a superior, employer, master, or
        the like; also, spiritual obedience and love. ``O God . .
        . whose service is perfect freedom.'' --Bk. of Com.
        Prayer.
  
              Madam, I entreat true peace of you, Which I will
              purchase with my duteous service.     --Shak.
  
              God requires no man's service upon hard and
              unreasonable terms.                   --Tillotson.
  
     2. The deed of one who serves; labor performed for another;
        duty done or required; office.
  
              I have served him from the hour of my nativity, . .
              . and have nothing at his hands for my service but
              blows.                                --Shak.
  
              This poem was the last piece of service I did for my
              master, King Charles.                 --Dryden.
  
              To go on the forlorn hope is a service of peril; who
              will understake it if it be not also a service of
              honor?                                --Macaulay.
  
     3. Office of devotion; official religious duty performed;
        religious rites appropriate to any event or ceremonial;
        as, a burial service.
  
              The outward service of ancient religion, the rites,
              ceremonies, and ceremonial vestments of the old law.
                                                    --Coleridge.
  
     4. Hence, a musical composition for use in churches.
  
     5. Duty performed in, or appropriate to, any office or
        charge; official function; hence, specifically, military
        or naval duty; performance of the duties of a soldier.
  
              When he cometh to experience of service abroad . . .
              ne maketh a worthy soldier.           --Spenser.
  
     6. Useful office; advantage conferred; that which promotes
        interest or happiness; benefit; avail.
  
              The stork's plea, when taken in a net, was the
              service she did in picking up venomous creatures.
                                                    --L'Estrange.
  
     7. Profession of respect; acknowledgment of duty owed.
        ``Pray, do my service to his majesty.'' --Shak.
  
     8. The act and manner of bringing food to the persons who eat
        it; order of dishes at table; also, a set or number of
        vessels ordinarily used at table; as, the service was
        tardy and awkward; a service of plate or glass.
  
              There was no extraordinary service seen on the
              board.                                --Hakewill.
  
     9. (Law) The act of bringing to notice, either actually or
        constructively, in such manner as is prescribed by law;
        as, the service of a subp[oe]na or an attachment.
  
     10. (Naut.) The materials used for serving a rope, etc., as
         spun yarn, small lines, etc.
  
     11. (Tennis) The act of serving the ball.
  
     12. Act of serving or covering. See Serve, v. t., 13.
  
     Service book, a prayer book or missal.
  
     Service line (Tennis), a line parallel to the net, and at a
        distance of 21 feet from it.
  
     Service of a writ, process, etc. (Law), personal delivery
        or communication of the writ or process, etc., to the
        party to be affected by it, so as to subject him to its
        operation; the reading of it to the person to whom notice
        is intended to be given, or the leaving of an attested
        copy with the person or his attorney, or at his usual
        place of abode.
  
     Service of an attachment (Law), the seizing of the person
        or goods according to the direction.
  
     Service of an execution (Law), the levying of it upon the
        goods, estate, or person of the defendant.
  
     Service pipe, a pipe connecting mains with a dwelling, as
        in gas pipes, and the like. --Tomlinson.
  
     To accept service. (Law) See under Accept.
  
     To see service (Mil.), to do duty in the presence of the
        enemy, or in actual war.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Process \Proc"ess\, n. [F. proc[`e]s, L. processus. See
     Proceed.]
     1. The act of proceeding; continued forward movement;
        procedure; progress; advance. ``Long process of time.''
        --Milton.
  
              The thoughts of men are widened with the process of
              the suns.                             --Tennyson.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  process
       n 1: a particular course of action intended to achieve a result;
            "the procedure of obtaining a driver's license"; "it was
            a process of trial and error" [syn: procedure]
       2: a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes
          through a series of states; "events now in process"; "the
          process of calcification begins later for boys than for
          girls"
       3: (psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive
          activity; an operation that affects mental contents; "the
          process of thinking"; "the cognitive operation of
          remembering" [syn: cognitive process, mental process,
          operation, cognitive operation]
       4: a writ issued by authority of law; usually compels the
          defendant's attendance in a civil suit; failure to appear
          results in a default judgment against the defendant [syn:
          summons]
       5: a mental process that you are not directly aware of; "the
          process of denial" [syn: unconscious process]
       6: a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an
          organism either animal or plant; "a bony process" [syn: outgrowth,
           appendage]
       v 1: deal with in a routine way; "I'll handle that one"; "process
            a loan"; "process the applicants"
       2: subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying
          for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition;
          "process cheese"; "process hair"; "treat the water so it
          can be drunk"; "treat the lawn with chemicals" ; "treat an
          oil spill" [syn: treat]
       3: perform mathematical and logical operations on (data)
          according to programmed instructions in order to obtain
          the required information; "The results of the elections
          were still being processed when he gave his acceptance
          speech"
       4: institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against;
          "He was warned that the district attorney would process
          him"; "She actioned the company for discrimination" [syn:
          action, sue, litigate]
       5: shape, form, or improve a material; "work stone into tools";
          "process iron"; "work the metal" [syn: work, work on]
       6: deliver a warrant or summons to someone; "He was processed
          by the sheriff" [syn: serve, swear out]
       7: march in a procession; "They processed into the dining room"
          [syn: march]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  process
     Αγγλικά n.
     1 διαδικασία
     2 διεργασία
     3 (ετ πληροφ en) διεργασία
     4 (ετ ανατομία en) απόφυση
     Αγγλικά vb.
     1 διεκπεραιώνω (μια αίτηση)
     2 επεξεργάζομαι (πρώτες ύλες)
     3 παρελαύνω, βαδίζω σε πομπή

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  process
     n.
     A series of events which produce a result (the (m en product)).
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To perform a particular process on a thing.
     2 (lb en transitive) To retrieve, store, classify, manipulate,
  transmit etc. (data, signals, etc.), especially using computer
  techniques.
     vb.
     To walk in a procession
     Swedish n.
     1 c #English
     2 c (lb sv law) litigation, proceedings

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Process
     German n.
     m (de-superseded spelling of Prozess used=pre-1901)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  process
     n.
     A series of events which produce a result (the (m en product)).
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To perform a particular process on a thing.
     2 (lb en transitive) To retrieve, store, classify, manipulate,
  transmit etc. (data, signals, etc.), especially using computer
  techniques.
     vb.
     To walk in a procession

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  process
     n.
     A series of events which produce a result (the (m en product)).
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To perform a particular process on a thing.
     2 (lb en transitive) To retrieve, store, classify, manipulate,
  transmit etc. (data, signals, etc.), especially using computer
  techniques.
     vb.
     To walk in a procession
     Swedish n.
     1 c #English
     2 c (lb sv law) litigation, proceedings

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  Process
     German n.
     m (de-superseded spelling of Prozess used=pre-1901)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  process
     n.
     A series of events which produce a result (the (m en product)).
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To perform a particular process on a thing.
     2 (lb en transitive) To retrieve, store, classify, manipulate,
  transmit etc. (data, signals, etc.), especially using computer
  techniques.
     vb.
     To walk in a procession
     Swedish n.
     1 c #English
     2 c (lb sv law) litigation, proceedings

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  Process
     German n.
     m (de-superseded spelling of Prozess used=pre-1901)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  process
     Ruotsi n.
     1 prosessi, kehityskulku, tapahtumasarja
     2 oikeudenkäynti, oikeusjuttu

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  process
     n.
     1 en serie händelser (aktiviteter) som leder till ett resultat
     2 (tagg: juridik) rättegång

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  process'
     Engelska n.
     (böjning en subst process)

From Swedish Wiktionary: Swedish language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-sv-2023-07-27 ]


  process
     n.
     1 en serie händelser (aktiviteter) som leder till ett resultat
     2 (tagg: juridik) rättegång

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  process /pɹˈəʊsɛs/
  proses

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Process /pɹˈəʊsɛs/
  العملية

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  process //-əs// //ˈpɹoʊsɛs// //ˈpɹɑsɛs// //ˈpɹəʊsɛs// 
  1. разви́тие, ход
  path of succession of states through which a system passes
  2. проце́с
  series of events to produce a result

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  process //-əs// //ˈpɹoʊsɛs// //ˈpɹɑsɛs// //ˈpɹəʊsɛs// 
  1. обрабптвам
  to perform a particular process
  2. осмислям
  to think information over, and assimilate it