What’s a process in Elixir?

To learn what a process is in Elixir, you must first know what a function is.

For example, IO.puts/1 is a function that writes something to the screen. The function is called puts, it is in the IO module (input I and output O), and it takes one argument:

iex(1)> IO.puts("Adolfo")
Adolfo
:ok

Read more at https://dev.to/adolfont/whats-a-process-in-elixir-406h