Development
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Development has meaning in several contexts:
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[edit] Science and mathematics
- Biological development or morphogenesis of embryos in the context of developmental biology
- Child development (in the context of physical development, or post-natal human development (pediatrics, etc); or in the context of psychological development, part of the larger area of human development (psychology) or developmental psychology)
- Net (polyhedron) in geometry, the development of a polyhedral solid
- Parallel transport in differential geometry, the development of geometric data along curves
- Developable surface, a surface swept out by a curve.
- Development (topology), a refinable net of open coverings.
[edit] Engineering and technology
- "Development" may refer to a process of land improvement and/or construction involving land, buildings or infrastructure (see project, public housing and real estate development); excessive development of this kind may lead to overdevelopment
- Urban development is the process of developing populated settlements (see urban planning and urban renewal)
- New product development
- Software development
- Sustainable development seeks to avoid overdevelopment
- Technology development, improving or researching changes in technology (eg. involving biotechnology, nanotechnology, or software)
[edit] Business, commerce and marketing
- Business development, a process of growing a business
- Corporate development, a position in a business
- Employee development (see also human resources)
- New product development (above)
- Organization development (see also training and development)
[edit] Life, personal and professional improvement
- Career development
- Leadership development
- Personal development, the development of the self (see also self-help)
- Professional development
[edit] Economics, international relations and sociology
- Development aid, the provision of aid and other forms of assistance to communities or countries
- Development aid agencies
- Development charities
- Development studies, addressing issues of concern to developing countries
- Economic development in economics and international relations
- International development, the process of economic and social development and progress in developing countries
- Regional development, provision of aid and assistance to the less economically developed regions
- Social development, a process of change in societies
- Sociocultural evolution or cultural development
[edit] The arts and popular culture
- Arrested Development, a television show based upon a company and a family
- Arrested Development (hip hop group), a hip hop group popular in the early 1990s.
- Development (album), a nu-metal album by musical group Nonpoint
- Musical development, the transformation and restatement of initial material, often contrasted with musical variation
- Photographic developer, or more generally photographic processing, the chemicals and methods of revealing the latent image in photographic material
- Script development, the development process in movie making, aimed at getting a project greenlighted
[edit] Other
- develop, Apple Computer's programming magazine
- a synonym for fundraising
[edit] See also
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