Activity
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Activity may mean:
  • Action (philosophy), in general
  • The Aristotelian concept of energeia, Latinized as actus
  • Physical exercise
    Physical exercise
    Physical exercise is any bodily activity that enhances or maintains physical fitness and overall health and wellness. It is performed for various reasons including strengthening muscles and the cardiovascular system, honing athletic skills, weight loss or maintenance, as well as for the purpose of...

  • Activity (UML)
    Activity (UML)
    An activity in Unified Modeling Language is a major task that must take place in order to fulfill an operation contract. Activities can be represented in activity diagramsAn activity can represent:* the invocation of an operation,...

    , a major task in Unified Modeling Language
  • Activity diagram
    Activity diagram
    Activity diagrams are graphical representations of workflows of stepwise activities and actions with support for choice, iteration and concurrency. In the Unified Modeling Language, activity diagrams can be used to describe the business and operational step-by-step workflows of components in a system...

    , a diagram representing activities in Unified Modeling Language
  • Activity, an alternative name for the game charades
    Charades
    Charades or charade is a word guessing game. In the form most played today, it is an acting game in which one player acts out a word or phrase, often by pantomiming similar-sounding words, and the other players guess the word or phrase. The idea is to use physical rather than verbal language to...

  • Activity, the rate of catalytic activity, such as enzyme activity (enzyme assay
    Enzyme assay
    Enzyme assays are laboratory methods for measuring enzymatic activity. They are vital for the study of enzyme kinetics and enzyme inhibition.-Enzyme units:...

    ), in physical chemistry and enzymology
  • Activity (chemistry)
    Activity (chemistry)
    In chemical thermodynamics, activity is a measure of the “effective concentration” of a species in a mixture, meaning that the species' chemical potential depends on the activity of a real solution in the same way that it would depend on concentration for an ideal solution.By convention, activity...

    , the effective concentration of a solute for the purposes of mass action
  • Activity (project management)
  • Activity (radioactivity), radioactive decay#Radioactive decay rates, the number of radioactive decays per second
  • Activity (software engineering)
  • Activity (soil mechanics)
  • HMS Activity (D94), an aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy
  • in military parlance, a military agency or unit (e.g. Intelligence Support Activity
    Intelligence Support Activity
    The United States Army Intelligence Support Activity , frequently shortened to Intelligence Support Activity or ISA, and nicknamed The Activity is a United States Army Special Operations unit originally subordinated to the US Army Intelligence and Security Command...

    )
  • Activity Theory
    Activity theory
    Activity theory is a psychological meta-theory, paradigm, or theoretical framework, with its roots in Lev Semyonovich Vygotsky's cultural-historical psychology. Its founders were Alexei N...

     , social constructivism (learning theory), Education

The special spelling Activiti may mean:
  • Activiti
    Activiti (software)
    Activiti is an open-source workflow engine written in Java that can execute business processes described in BPMN 2.0.In May 2011, Tom Baeyens and Joram Barrez, the two key developers for jBPM left Red Hat and started Activiti as employees of Alfresco...

    , an open source Business Process Management
    Business process management
    Business process management is a holistic management approach focused on aligning all aspects of an organization with the wants and needs of clients. It promotes business effectiveness and efficiency while striving for innovation, flexibility, and integration with technology. BPM attempts to...

    (BPM) Platform
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