Production may refer to:
Economics and business
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Production (economics)
Production is the process of combining various inputs, both material (such as metal, wood, glass, or plastics) and immaterial (such as plans, or knowledge) in order to create output. Ideally this output (economics), output will be a goods and serv ...
* Production, the act of
manufacturing
Manufacturing is the creation or production of goods with the help of equipment, labor, machines, tools, and chemical or biological processing or formulation. It is the essence of the
secondary sector of the economy. The term may refer ...
goods
* Production, in the
outline of industrial organization
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to industrial organization:
Industrial organization – describes the behavior of firms in the marketplace with regard to production, pricing, employment and other decisi ...
, the act of making products (goods and services)
* Production as a statistic,
gross domestic product
Gross domestic product (GDP) is a monetary measure of the total market value of all the final goods and services produced and rendered in a specific time period by a country or countries. GDP is often used to measure the economic performanc ...
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Production line
A production line is a set of sequential operations established in a factory where components are assembled to make a finished article or where materials are put through a refining process to produce an end-product that is suitable for onward ...
Arts, entertainment, and media
* Production, the act or role of assembling, crafting, creating, or presenting, a
work of art
A work of art, artwork, art piece, piece of art or art object is an artistic creation of aesthetic value. Except for "work of art", which may be used of any work regarded as art in its widest sense, including works from literature ...
, or the work of art itself.
Motion pictures
* Production,
film distributor
A film distributor is a person responsible for the marketing of a film. The distribution company may be the same as, or different from, the production company. Distribution deals are an important part of financing a film.
The distributor may set ...
of a company
* Production,
phase of filmmaking
* Production,
video production
Video production is the process of producing video content. It is the equivalent of filmmaking, but with video recorded either as analog signals on videotape, digitally in video tape or as computer files stored on optical discs, hard drives, SSDs, ...
Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media
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''Production'' (album), by Mirwais, 2000
* Production,
category of illusory magic trick
* Production,
phase of video games development
* Production,
Record producer
A record producer or music producer is a music creating project's overall supervisor whose responsibilities can involve a range of creative and technical leadership roles. Typically the job involves hands-on oversight of recording sessions; ensu ...
's role
* Production,
theatrical
Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors to present experiences of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The performers may communic ...
performance
Science and technology
* Production,
deployment environment
In software deployment, an environment or tier is a computer system or set of systems in which a computer program
A computer program is a sequence or set of instructions in a programming language for a computer to Execution (computing), e ...
where changes go "live" and users interact with it
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Production (computer science)
In computer science, a production or production rule is a rewrite rule that replaces some symbols with other symbols. A finite set of productions P is the main component in the specification of a formal grammar (specifically a generative gramma ...
, formal-grammar concept
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Primary production
In ecology, primary production is the synthesis of organic compounds from atmospheric or aqueous carbon dioxide. It principally occurs through the process of photosynthesis, which uses light as its source of energy, but it also occurs through ...
, the production of new biomass by autotrophs in ecosystems
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Productivity (ecology)
In ecology, the term productivity refers to the rate of generation of biomass in an ecosystem, usually expressed in units of mass per volume (unit surface) per unit of time, such as grams per square metre per day (g m−2 d−1). The unit of mass ...
, the wider concept of biomass production in ecosystems
See also
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Consumption (economics)
Consumption refers to the use of resources to fulfill present needs and desires. It is seen in contrast to investing, which is spending for acquisition of ''future'' income. Consumption is a major concept in economics and is also studied in man ...
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Means of production
In political philosophy, the means of production refers to the generally necessary assets and resources that enable a society to engage in production. While the exact resources encompassed in the term may vary, it is widely agreed to include the ...
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Producer (disambiguation)
Producer(s), The Producer(s), or co-producer(s) may refer to:
Occupations
*Producer (agriculture), a farm operator
*Producer, a stakeholder of economic production
* Film producer, supervises the making of films
**Executive producer, contributes ...
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Product (disambiguation)
Product may refer to:
Business
* Product (business), an item that can be offered to a market to satisfy the desire or need of a customer.
* Product (project management), a deliverable or set of deliverables that contribute to a business solution
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Production rule (disambiguation)
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Production system (disambiguation)
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