Progress

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

In science:

• Progress (philosophy)
• 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 better
• Progress trap, process in which science and technology, in pursuing innovation, create more problems than they can solve

In business:

• Progress Energy Trust, Canadian oil and gas exploration and extraction company
• Progress Publishers, Moscow-based Soviet publisher
• Progress Software Corporation, the creator of Progress 4GL

In computer science:

• Progress in artificial intelligence
• Progress 4GL, 4GL programming language developed by Progress Software Corporation
• Progress bar, component in a graphical user interface used to convey the progress of a task

In geography:

• Progress, Oregon, United States
• Progress, Pennsylvania, United States
• Progress, Amur Oblast, a town in Amur Oblast, Russia
• Progress, Republic of Adygea, a khutor (village) in the Republic of Adygea, Russia
• Progress Village, Florida, United States

In music:

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

In 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, expendable unmanned freighter spacecraft

In other fields:

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

See also: Progress Energy (disambiguation), Progress Party, Progression, and Progressive