production

1. (zoology) An extension or protrusion.countableuncountable

2. (computing) A rewrite rule specifying a symbol substitution that can be recursively performed to generate new symbol sequences. (More information on Wikipedia.)Examples: "Each production is implemented with a function."countableuncountable

3. (programming, uncountable) The environment where finished code runs, as opposed to staging or development.Examples: "production environment"; "live production database"uncountable

4. (Scots law, in the plural) Written documents produced in support of the action or defence.countablein-pluraluncountable

5. (linguistics) Writing viewed as the process of producing a text in any medium (written, spoken, signed, multimodal, nonverbal), consisting of several steps such as conceptualization, formulation, expression and revision.countableuncountable