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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

physical entity go
an entity that has physical existence

process, physical process go
a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states

processing go
preparing or putting through a prescribed procedure

data processing go
(computer science) a series of operations on data by a computer in order to retrieve or transform or classify information

operation
(computer science) data processing in which the result is completely specified by a rule (especially the processing that results from a single instruction)

noun.process

19 Subcategories

access, memory access go
(computer science) the operation of reading or writing stored information
asynchronous operation go
operations that occur without a regular or predictable time relation to other events
auxiliary operation, off-line operation go
a operation performed by off-line equipment not under the control of the central processing unit
boolean operation, binary operation, binary arithmetic operation go
an operation that follows the rules of Boolean algebra
computer operation, machine operation go
an elementary operation that a computer is designed and built to perform
concurrent operation go
two or more operations performed at the same time (or within a give interval)
control operation, control function go
an operation that controls the recording or processing or transmission of interpretation of data
dyadic operation go
an operation on exactly two operands
fixed-cycle operation go
an operation that is completed in a specified number of regularly timed execution cycles
logic operation, logical operation go
an operation that follows the rules of symbolic logic
monadic operation, unary operation go
an operation with exactly one operand
multiplex operation go
an operation in which two or more activities are interleaved
parallel operation, simultaneous operation go
the simultaneous execution of two or more operations
printing operation go
an operation that controls the printing or display of information
search, lookup go
an operation that determines whether one or more of a set of items has a specified property
serial operation, sequential operation, consecutive operation go
the sequential execution of operations one after another
sorting, sort go
an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion
synchronous operation go
operations that are initiated predictably by a clock
threshold operation go
an operation performed on operands in order to obtain the value of a threshold function