different between process vs automagical

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French procés (“journey”), from Latin pr?cessus, from pr?c?d?.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p???s?s/
• (General American) enPR: pr??s?s, IPA^(key): /?p??s?s/
• (Canada, rarely US) enPR: pr??s?s, IPA^(key): /?p?o?s?s/
• Hyphenation: pro?cess

Noun

process (plural processes)

1. A series of events which produce a result (the product).
2. (manufacturing) A set of procedures used to produce a product, most commonly in the food and chemical industries.
   • 1960, Mack Tyner, Process Engineering Calculations: Material and Energy Balances – Ordinarily a process plant will use a steam boiler to supply its process heat requirements and to drive a steam-turbine generator.
   • 1987, J. R. Richards, Principles of control system design in Modelling and control of fermentation processes – The words plant or process infer generally any dynamic system, be it primarily mechanical, electrical, or chemical process in nature, and may extend also to include social or economic systems.
3. A path of succession of states through which a system passes.
4. (anatomy) Successive physiological responses to keep or restore health.
5. (law) Documents issued by a court in the course of a lawsuit or action at law, such as a summons, mandate, or writ.
   • 1711, John Spotiswood, The Form of Process, 39:

     But if either at Calling by the Clerk, after the Session Bell, or before the Ordinary by the Roll, an Advocat compears, and craves to be Marked for the Defender, and to see the Process; The Clerk in the first Case, and the Judge in the second, will allow him to see it

6. (biology) An outgrowth of tissue or cell.
7. (anatomy) A structure that arises above a surface.
8. (computing) An executable task or program.
9. The centre mark that players aim at in the game of squails.

Hyponyms

Derived terms

• due-process
• interprocess

Related terms

Related terms

• proceed
• procedure

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ???? (purosesu)

Translations

Verb

process (third-person singular simple present processes, present participle processing, simple past and past participle processed)

1. (transitive) To perform a particular process on a thing.
2. (transitive) To retrieve, store, classify, manipulate, transmit etc. (data, signals, etc.), especially using computer techniques.

3. (transitive, figuratively) To think about a piece of information, or a concept, in order to assimilate it, and perhaps accept it in a modified state.

4. (transitive, photography, film) To develop photographic film.
5. (transitive, law) To take legal proceedings against.
   • 1845, Report from Her Majesty's Commissioners of inquiry into the state of the law and practice in respect to the occupation of land in Ireland

     When I saw that he would not let me alone, I processed him for £12. My mother was with his brother John, and he allowed her six guineas for clothes; and if she did not want the money, he would allow it to me in the rent, and I made him pay that when he would not leave me alone.

Derived terms

• processed
• processor

Translations

Etymology 2

Back-formation from procession.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada) enPR: pr?-s?s?, IPA^(key): /p???s?s/
• Rhymes: -?s
• Hyphenation: pro?cess

Verb

process (third-person singular simple present processes, present participle processing, simple past and past participle processed)

1. To walk in a procession

Translations

Anagrams

• Cospers, Crespos, corpses, scopers

Latvian

Etymology

From Latin pr?cessus (“progression, progress, process”), perfect passive participle of pr?c?d? (“I advance, proceed”), from pr?- +? c?d? (“I go, move, proceed”).

Noun

process m (1st declension)

1. process

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin processus (“progression, progress, process”), perfect passive participle of pr?c?d? (“I advance, proceed”), from pr?- +? c?d? (“I go, move, proceed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pr??s?s/

Noun

process c

1. process

Declension

Derived terms

• processa

Related terms

• processuell

References

• process in Svensk ordbok (SO)

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??to??mæd??k?l/
• Hyphenation: au?to?mag?ic?al

Etymology

Blend of automatic +? magical

Adjective

automagical (comparative more automagical, superlative most automagical)

1. (computing, technology, informal) Automatic, but with an apparent element of magic. Commonly referring to complex technical processes hidden from the view of users or operators, resulting in technology that "just works".
   • 1987, Lawrence J. Peters, Advanced Structured Analysis and Design, Prentice-Hall, ?ISBN, page 2

     Throughout this text we will emphasize the employment of a systems approach to the practice of analysis and design. In it we attempt to present this portion of the software lifecycle as a discipline rather than an "automagical" (automated magic) process.

   • 1993, Colin Harrison, Bodies Electric: A Novel, Crown Publishers, ?ISBN, page 186

     "How're we paying you, actually?" I asked.
     "Certain automagical manipulations."

   • 1994, Daniel P. Dern, The Internet Guide for New Users, McGraw-Hill, ?ISBN, page 490

     It is hoped that, over time, new e-mail list management tools will become available for users which can "automagically" determine who and how to do these…

   • 1995, István Raskó and C. Stephen Downes, Genes in Medicine: Molecular Biology and Human Genetic Disorders, Springer, ?ISBN, page 277

     In the more florid cases, where the diagnosis is unmistakeable, several anatomical studies (especially with automagical computerized devices, such as positron emission tomography and magnetic resonance imaging) have shown clear though subtle differences in the brains of schizophrenic patients…

   • 2006, Stefan Axelsson and David Sands, Understanding Intrusion Detection Through Visualization, Springer, ?ISBN, page 6

     These result [sic] indicate that the more complex the system, and the less the human feels aware of how the system is operating (i.e. to what degree it seems ’automagical’) the less effective the operator becomes in correctly identifying problematic situations and taking the necessary corrective action.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:automagical.

Derived terms

• automagically

Related terms

• automagic

Translations