English Dictionary
◊ PROCEED
proceed
v 1: continue to speak: "I know it's hard," he continued, "but
there is no choice." [syn: {continue}, {go on}, {carry
on}]
2: move ahead; travel onward; "We proceeded towards
Washington"; "She continued in the direction of the
hills"; can also be used in the temporal sense: "We are
moving ahead in time now" [syn: {go forward}, {continue}]
3: follow a procedure or take a course; "We should go farther
in this matter"; "She went through a lot of trouble"; "go
about the world in a certain manner"; "Messages must go
through diplomatic channels" [syn: {go}, {move}]
4: follow a certain course; "The inauguration went well"; "how
did your interview go?" [syn: {go}]
5: continue a certain state, condition, or activity; "Keep on
working!" "We continued to work into the night"; "Keep
smiling"; "We went on working until well past midnight"
[syn: {continue}, {go on}, {go along}, {keep on}, {keep}]
[ant: {discontinue}]
English Computing Dictionary
◊ DID YOU MEAN PROCESS?
process
An executing {program}. A
process consists of the program {code} (which may be shared
with other processes which are executing the same program),
and some private data. It may have other associated resources
such as a {process identifier}, open files, {CPU time} limits,
{shared memory}, {child processes}, and {signal handlers}.
A {multitasking} {operating system} can run multiple processes
{concurrently} or in {parallel}.
(1996-12-09)