Meaning

• The act of producing, making or creating something.

  "The widget making machine is being used for production now."

• The act of bringing something forward, out etc. for use or consideration.

• The act of being produced.

  "The widgets are coming out of production now."

• The total amount produced.

  "They hope to increase spaghetti production next year."

• The presentation of a theatrical work.

  "We went to a production of Hamlet."

• An occasion or activity made more complicated than necessary.

  "He made a simple meal into a huge production."

• That which is manufactured or is ready for manufacturing in volume (as opposed to a prototype or conceptual model).

  "This is the final production model."

• The act of lengthening out or prolonging.

• An extension or protrusion.

• A rewrite rule specifying a symbol substitution that can be recursively performed to generate new symbol sequences. (More information on Wikipedia.)

  "Each production is implemented with a function."

• The environment where finished code runs, as opposed to staging or development.

• (in the plural) Written documents produced in support of the action or defence.