supervised process
noun phraseUK /ˈsuːpəvaɪzd ˈprəʊsɛs/
US /ˈsuːpərvaɪzd ˈprɑːsɛs/
A supervised process is a job that someone watches over to make sure it goes right.
The teacher explained that baking cookies is a supervised process because an adult must watch the oven.
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2. In computing, a supervised process is a program that runs while a person or system keeps checking it.
The technician kept the supervised process running until the data finished copying.
3. In machine learning, a supervised process uses labeled examples to teach a computer.
Sorting photos by labeled examples is a supervised process.
4. In factories, a supervised process is a manufacturing step that a manager watches closely.
The safety inspector called the welding a supervised process.