workflow

English

Etymology

From work +‎ flow.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈwɜːkfləʊ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈwɝkfloʊ/

• Audio (General American):

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• Rhymes: -əʊ

Noun

workflow (plural workflows)

1. The flowrate at which a flow of work takes place.
2. (especially business) A process or procedure by which tasks are completed. It may be defined by a flowchart with actors, actions, results, decisions, and action paths.

   Coordinate term: workstream

Derived terms

• tapeless workflow

Translations

The rate at which a flow of work takes place

Chinese: Mandarin: 工作流 (zh) (gōngzuòliú) French: workflow (fr) m German: Arbeitsablauf (de) m Japanese: ワークフロー (wākufurō) Korean: 워크플로 (wokeupeullo) Macedonian: работен тек m (raboten tek) Russian: пото́к рабо́т m (potók rabót) Serbo-Croatian: radni tok (радни ток)

A process or procedure by which tasks are completed

Chinese: Mandarin: 工作流程 (zh) (gōngzuò liúchéng) Finnish: työnkulku French: flux de travaux (fr) m, workflow (fr) m, flux de travail m German: Arbeitsablauf (de) m Italian: flusso di lavoro, procedura (it) f Japanese: ワークフロー (wākufurō) Macedonian: работен тек m (raboten tek) Persian: گردش کار (gardeš-e kâr) Russian: технологи́ческий проце́сс m (texnologíčeskij procéss), рабо́чий проце́сс m (rabóčij procéss) Serbo-Croatian: проток рада m (prótok ráda), tehnološki proces m (технолошки процес) Turkish: iş akışı

References

• workflow on Wikipedia.Wikipedia