Development

Development has meaning in several contexts:

Science

• Biological development of embryos in the context of developmental biology
• Child development or post-natal human development (pediatrics, etc)
• Software engineering, the methodology and process of development of computer software
• Technology development in industry, as in Software development

The arts and popular culture

• Arrested Development is a television show based upon a company and a family.
• Development is also a nu-metal album by musical group Nonpoint.
• Musical development
• The development process in movie making, aimed at getting a project greenlit

Social sciences

• Economic development in economics and international relations
• Human development – to improve the health, education and range of choices of human beings, notably in the least-developed countries.
• International development, the process of economic and social development in poor countries.
• Urban development in urban planning

Business

• Corporate development i.e., fund-raising
• Employee development in business and industry
• Land development or Housing development, also Real estate developer

Other

• Personal development (New Age self improvement)