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Progress indicates generally forward moving (L. Progressus, a going forward, advance) and may refer to:

Contents 1 Science 2 Business 3 Computer science 4 Geography 5 Music 6 Transportation 7 Other fields

[edit] Science

• Progress (philosophy), a main object of philosophy of history
• Evolutionary progress, the idea that there is a largest-scale trend in evolution of organisms and that the trend is toward improvement
• Scientific progress, the idea that science increases its problem solving ability through the application of some scientific method
• Social progress, process in which societies or individuals become changed
• Progress trap, the condition societies find themselves in when human ingenuity, in pursuing progress, inadvertently introduces problems that it does not have the resources to solve, preventing further progress or inciting social collapse.
• Progress (history), the idea advancement that occurs within the limits of mankind's collective morality and knowledge of its respective environment.

[edit] Business

• Progress Energy Resources, Canadian oil and gas exploration and extraction company
• Progress Publishers, Moscow-based Soviet publisher
• Progress Software Corporation, the creator of Progress 4GL
• Progress State Research and Production Rocket Space Center, Samara-based Russian space company
• Ivchenko-Progress, an Ukrainian aero-engine manufacturer

[edit] Computer science

• Progress in artificial intelligence
• Progress 4GL, programming language developed by Progress Software (see OpenEdge Advanced Business Language)
• Progress bar, component in a graphical user interface used to convey the progress of a task

[edit] Geography

• Progress, Amur Oblast, a town in Russia
• Progress, Republic of Adygea, a khutor (village) in the Republic of Adygea, Russia
• Progress, name of several other rural localities in Russia
• Progress, California, United States
• Progress, Indiana, United States
• Progress, Oregon, United States
• Progress, Pennsylvania, United States
• Progress Village, Florida, United States

[edit] Music

• Progress (Michael Giles album), solo album recorded by original King Crimson drummer Michael Giles
• Progress (EP), EP by Pedro the Lion
• Progress (Rx Bandits album), 2001
• Progress (Big Youth album)
• Progress (Ultraspank album), second and last album by Ultraspank
• Pro-gress

[edit] Transportation

• Progress D-27, propfan engine that the U.S.S.R company developed in the 1980s for commercial and military transport aircraft
• Progress (spacecraft), Russian expendable unmanned freighter spacecraft

[edit] Other fields

• "Progress" (DS9 episode), Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode
• Progress (organisation), United Kingdom Labour Party political group
• Progress Theatre, a self-managed theatre in Berkshire, England
• Royal progress, formal tour of the state by its monarch

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