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Process - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Process : (noun)
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]
(verb)
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]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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PROCESS, rights. The means or method of accomplishing a thing.
2. It has been said that the word manufacture, (q.v.) in the patent
laws, may, perhaps, extend to a new process, to be carried on by known
implements, or elements, acting upon known substances, and ultimately
producing some other known substance, but producing it in a cheaper or more
expeditious manner, or of a better and more useful kind. 2 B. & Ald. 349.
See Perpigna, Manuel des Inventeurs, &c., c. 1; s. 5, Sec. 1, p. 22, 4th
ed.; Manufacture; Method.
Based on Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [Bouvier_Law_Dictionary]:
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PROCESS, practice. So denominated because it proceeds or issues forth in
order to bring the defendant into court, to answer the charge preferred
against him, and signifies the writ or judicial means by which he is brought
to answer. 1 Paine, R. 368 Bouv. Inst. Index, h.t.
2. In the English law,Process : in civil causes is called original
process, when it is founded upon the original writ; and also to distinguish
it from mesne or intermediate process, which issues pending the suit, upon
some collateral interlocutory matter, as, to summon juries, witnesses,, and
the like; mesne process is also sometimes put in contradistinction to final
process, or process of execution; and then it signifies all process which
intervenes between the beginning and end of a suit. 3 Bl. Com. 279.
3. In criminal cases that proceeding which is called a warrant, before
the finding of the bill, is termed process when issued after the indictment
has been found by the jury. Vide 4 Bl. Com. 319; Dalt. J. c. 193; Com. Dig.
Process, A 1; Burn's Dig. Process; Williams, J, Process; 1 Chit. Cr. Law,
338; 17 Vin. Ab. 585.
4. The word process in the 12th section of the 5th article of the
constitution of Pennsylvania, which provides that "the style of all process
shall be The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania," was intended to refer to such
writs only as should become necessary to be issued in the course of the
exercise of that judicial power which is established and provided for in the
article of the constitution, and forms exclusively the subject matter of it.
3 Penna. R. 99.
Based on Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [Bouvier_Law_Dictionary]:
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PROCESS, MESNE, practice. By this term is generally understood any writ
issued in the course of a suit between the originalProcess : and execution.
2. By this term is also meant the writ or proceedings in an action to
summon or bring the defendant into court, or compel him to appear or put in
bail, and then to hear and answer the plaintiffs claim. 3 Chit. Pr. 140.
Based on Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [Bouvier_Law_Dictionary]:
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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)
Based on the Online Dictionary of Computing [Computer_Dictionary]:
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Process : Process: In anatomy, a process is a projection from a structure. The process of the mandible is the part of the lower jaw that projects forward.
In a more general sense, a process is a series of actions or events that are part of a system or of a development, particularly one characterized by gradual changes that lead toward a particular
result. For example, there is the process of growth.
The word "process" comes from the Latin pro-, forward _ ceder, to go = to go forward.
Based on the Online Dictionary of Computing [Computer_Dictionary]:
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Example Usage of Process |
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