Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The flow or progress of work done by a company, industry, department, or person.
- n. The rate at which such flow or progress takes place.
Wiktionary
- n. The rate at which a flow of work takes place
- n. business A process and/or procedure in which tasks are completed. It may be defined with a flowchart to define actors, actions, results, decisions, and action paths.
WordNet 3.0
- n. progress (or rate of progress) in work being done
Examples
“Typical of the books in this series, an assembly-line workflow is assumed, with Williams receiving a script from someone else, passing off his pages to different colorists and letterers, and working under the supervision of an editor, who provides direction, approves work, and makes some artistic decisions, like cover designs.”
The DC Comics Guide to Digitally Drawing Comics » Comics Worth Reading
“It has python bindings (though on the beagle board, its probably much better to use the native C.) one way to improve the eissq. com workflow is to mask off the edge of the dials (so the text has been removed), you could then skip straight to the hough transform. as there is only one line (the needle) you should only get one result (!).”
labs.moto.com » Blog Archive » DIY Android Home Energy Monitor
“One of the barriers to adopting a new tool in your workflow is ease of use.”
Futz Puts Your To-Do List In Your Browser’s Address Bar | Lifehacker Australia
“The workflow is still a work in progress as more people give out their opinion on it”
Planning for 10.10: Improving How We Review Patches | jonobacon@home
“My GTD collection, processing, organizing and reviewing workflow is very similar to many if not most of the others out there.”
“I think I'm so accustomed to a complicated workflow that a simpler workflow is confusing.”
“Apparently digital workflow is a big issue to some folks.”
“Annotation Edit is designed to give production houses and eLearning environments a smooth subtitle workflow for Apple DVD Studio Pro/Final Cut Pro, QuickTime WebTV and broadcast.”
“EskoArtwork to demonstrate innovative label workflow and digital printing solutions at Labelexpo Americas 2008”
“11: 30PM Jason Fitzpatrick | One of the barriers to adopting a new tool in your workflow is ease of use.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘workflow’.
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webdev
random webdev lingo used primarily in computer programming.
( open list, randomness, technical jargon, geek speak )
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ajax, user, admin, frontend, backend, database, sql, protocol, call, dom, layout, ui and 439 more... -
WF - nominal compounds (figurative)
An extensive list I have been working on for quite some time. Feel free to add more of the kind if you miss any.
brainstorming, upside, downside, goldplating, bikeshedding, mudslinging, downgrading, headhunter, streamlining, mainstreaming, gerrymandering, frontloading and 503 more...
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Web 2.0 Buzzword Bingo
A list useful to anyone bored in technical meetings.
ontology, interface, dataset, leveraging, pathway, embrace, workflow, matrix, arrangement, reproducibility, ownership, ugc and 1 more...
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Words With Initial and Final "w"
Words with an initial and final "w", such as whittaw, williwaw, windlestraw and wow-wow.
whitlow, willow, withdraw, window, widow, workflow, worldview, wallow, wheelbarrow, whew, winnow, whipsaw and 20 more...
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Look Busy
Get to work!
ergophobia, elucubrate, karoshi, dogsbody, forswonk, moil, deft, assiduous, panurgic, paperasserie, bumf, blackleg and 91 more...
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WordWorks
artwork, brainworker, brickwork, bridgework, brushwork, casework, clockwork, counterwork, coursework, craftwork, deadworks, deskwork and 68 more...
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Buzz Words
synergy, holistic, framework, paradigm, empowerment, leverage, aggregator, brand, collaboration, downsize, immersion, mindshare and 10 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for workflow.
bilby "Skelta Workflow.NET 2004 was conceptualized to address a glaring lacuna in the development space of the workflow software applications segment. The absence of easy-to-integrate workflow-specific embeddable tools available to a developer in order to workflow-enable applications / products."
- Skelta website. Jul 6, 2008