1. operating system, software 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
One process may, on some
platforms, consist of many
a process to spawn "child" processes.
(2001-06-16)
2. business 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)