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process

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A series of operations performed by a computer.

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FFIEC Cybersecurity Assessment Tool, Baseline, May 2017

A particular series of actions or steps to bring about a certain outcome; series of procedures.

IEEE Guide for Terms and Concepts in Intelligent Process Automation

A sequence or flow of activities in an organization with the objective of carrying out work, which may include a set of activities, events, tasks, and decisions in a sequenced flow that adhere to finite execution semantics. Process levels will generally follow structure at the capability maturity model integration (CMMI) level.

Systems and software engineering —Vocabulary

Set of interrelated or interacting activities that transforms inputs into outputs

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a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states

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a particular course of action intended to achieve a result

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a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant

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(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity

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a mental process that you are not directly aware of

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a writ issued by authority of law

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