process

A series of events which produce a result (the product).

"This product of last month's quality standards committee is quite good, even though the process was flawed."

A set of procedures used to produce a product, most commonly in the food and chemical industries.

"1960, Mack Tyner, Process Engineering Calculations: Material and Energy Balances – Ordinarily a process plant will use a steam boiler to supply its process heat requirements and to drive a steam-turbine generator."

A path of succession of states through which a system passes.

To perform a particular process on a thing.

To retrieve, store, classify, manipulate, transmit etc. (data, signals, etc.), especially using computer techniques.

"We have processed the data using our proven techniques, and have come to the following conclusions."

To think about a piece of information, or a concept, in order to assimilate it, and perhaps accept it in a modified state.

"I didn't know she had a criminal record. That will take me a while to process."