Process vs. Stub
Processnoun
A series of events which produce a result, especially as contrasted to product.
Processnoun
(manufacturing) A set of procedures used to produce a product, most commonly in the food and chemical industries.
Processnoun
A path of succession of states through which a system passes.
Processnoun
(anatomy) Successive physiological responses to keep or restore health.
Processnoun
(legal) Documents issued by a court in the course of a lawsuit or action at law, such as a summons, mandate, or writ.
Processnoun
(biology) An outgrowth of tissue or cell.
Processnoun
(anatomy) A structure that arises above a surface.
Processnoun
(computing) A task or program that is or was executing.
Processverb
(transitive) to perform a particular process on a thing
Processverb
(transitive) to retrieve, store, classify, manipulate, transmit etc. (data, signals, etc.), especially using computer techniques.
Processverb
(transitive) to think about a piece of information, or a concept, in order to assimilate it, and perhaps accept it in a modified state.
Processverb
To walk in a procession.
Processnoun
The act of proceeding; continued forward movement; procedure; progress; advance.
Processnoun
A series of actions, motions, or occurrences; progressive act or transaction; continuous operation; normal or actual course or procedure; regular proceeding; as, the process of vegetation or decomposition; a chemical process; processes of nature.
Processnoun
A statement of events; a narrative.
Processnoun
Any marked prominence or projecting part, especially of a bone; anapophysis.
Processnoun
The whole course of proceedings in a cause real or personal, civil or criminal, from the beginning to the end of the suit; strictly, the means used for bringing the defendant into court to answer to the action; - a generic term for writs of the class called judicial.
Processnoun
a particular course of action intended to achieve a result;
Processnoun
a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states;
Processnoun
(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents;
Processnoun
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
Processnoun
a mental process that you are not directly aware of;
Processnoun
a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant;
Processverb
deal with in a routine way;
Processverb
subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition;
Processverb
perform mathematical and logical operations on (data) according to programmed instructions in order to obtain the required information;
Processverb
institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against;
Processverb
shape, form, or improve a material;
Processverb
deliver a warrant or summons to someone;
Processverb
march in a procession;
Stubnoun
Something blunted, stunted, or cut short, such as stubble or a stump.
Stubnoun
A piece of certain paper items, designed to be torn off and kept for record or identification purposes.
Stubnoun
(computing) A placeholder procedure that has the signature of the planned procedure but does not yet implement the intended behavior.
Stubnoun
(computing) A procedure that translates requests from external systems into a format suitable for processing and then submits those requests for processing.
Stubnoun
(wikis) A page providing only minimal information and intended for later development.
Stubnoun
The remaining part of the docked tail of a dog
Stubnoun
An unequal first or last interest calculation period, as a part of a financial swap contract
Stubnoun
(obsolete) A log or block of wood.
Stubnoun
(obsolete) A blockhead.
Stubnoun
A pen with a short, blunt nib.
Stubnoun
An old and worn horseshoe nail.
Stubnoun
Stub iron.
Stubnoun
The smallest remainder of a smoked cigarette; a butt.
Stubverb
(transitive) To remove most of a tree, bush, or other rooted plant by cutting it close to the ground.
Stubverb
(transitive) To remove a plant by pulling it out by the roots.
Stubverb
(transitive) To jam, hit, or bump, especially a toe.
Stubnoun
The stump of a tree; that part of a tree or plant which remains fixed in the earth when the stem is cut down; - applied especially to the stump of a small tree, or shrub.
Stubnoun
A log; a block; a blockhead.
Stubnoun
The short blunt part of anything after larger part has been broken off or used up; hence, anything short and thick; as, the stub of a pencil, candle, or cigar.
Stubnoun
A part of a leaf in a check book, after a check is torn out, on which the number, amount, and destination of the check are usually recorded.
Stubnoun
A pen with a short, blunt nib.
Stubnoun
A stub nail; an old horseshoe nail; also, stub iron.
Stubverb
To grub up by the roots; to extirpate; as, to stub up edible roots.
Stubverb
To remove stubs from; as, to stub land.
Stubverb
To strike as the toes, against a stub, stone, or other fixed object.
Stubnoun
a short piece remaining on a trunk or stem where a branch is lost
Stubnoun
a small piece;
Stubnoun
a torn part of a ticket returned to the holder as a receipt
Stubnoun
the part of a check that is retained as a record
Stubnoun
the small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking)
Stubverb
strike against an object;
