The word Process has a Latin origin, from the word processus , from proceeding, which comes from pro (forward) and cere (falling, walking), which means progress, advance, march, go forward, go towards a certain end. Therefore, process is defined as the succession of acts or actions carried out in a certain order, which are directed to a point or purpose, as well as to the set of active and organized phenomena in time.According to the dictionary of the real Spanish academy, this word is defined as the action of going forward, over time, to the set of successive phases of a natural phenomenon or an artificial operation. The term process is related to several areas with different conceptions, we have that in the sciences for biology, it is the name given to the prolongation of an organ, a structure or a tissue that stands out from the rest.
For chemistry, it is a set of chemical and / or physical operations where some type of chemical reaction occurs, transforming an initial matter into a different final product. There are natural processes (photosynthesis, reproduction, digestion, aging), and artificial processes (sulphation, polymer production).
An educational process is the process where the human being learns to live and be, developing their knowledge and values. In computing, a process is a series of logical and arithmetic operations carried out by the computer to manage supplied data and obtain determined results.
In the business and economic field, the process is a sequence of human activities, which transform a specific set of inputs into one of returns. They can be found in the production process, where the result is a product or service; and to the business process, in which tasks are carried out and concluded in a logical way such as transferring goods, conducting negotiations, etc.
With regard to the industrial, a manufacturing process is the set of transformations that are carried out on a raw material until the final determined product is obtained.
Finally, it is held in the legal and criminal sense, as the procedure or action carried out by and before a Court, for the claim and prosecution of rights, as well as the determination of guilt in a crime and application of the corresponding penalty to the guilty.
Finally, in the branch of computing, a process is a concept managed by operating systems, said process is composed of the instructions of a program which are intended to be executed by the microprocessor, its execution state at a given time your working memory and other information.
