* This doesn't refer to the file, nor to the code, it refers **specifically** to the thing that is being **executed** and managed by the operating system.
* Any program, any code, **can only do things** when it is being **executed**. So, when there's a **process running**.
* The process can be **terminated** (or "killed") by you, or by the operating system. At that point, it stops running/being executed, and it can **no longer do things**.

    * This is one of the reasons why it's very useful when the same TLS Termination Proxy also takes care of the certificate renewal process.

But then you have to call "that method that converts the first letter to upper case".

Was it `upper`? Was it `uppercase`? `first_uppercase`? `capitalize`?

Then, you try with the old programmer's friend, editor autocompletion.

You type the first parameter of the function, `first_name`, then a dot (`.`) and then hit `Ctrl+Space` to trigger the completion.

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It is not encrypted, so, anyone could recover the information from the contents.

But it's signed. So, when you receive a token that you emitted, you can verify that you actually emitted it.

That way, you can create a token with an expiration of, let's say, 1 week. And then when the user comes back the next day with the token, you know that user is still logged in to your system.

    * If you also declare dependencies in a specific *path operation*, **they will be executed too**.
    * The router dependencies are executed first, then the [`dependencies` in the decorator](dependencies/dependencies-in-path-operation-decorators.md){.internal-link target=_blank}, and then the normal parameter dependencies.
    * You can also add [`Security` dependencies with `scopes`](../advanced/security/oauth2-scopes.md){.internal-link target=_blank}.

                    "loc": ["query", "q"],
                    "msg": "Field required",
                    "input": None,
                }
            ]
        }
    ) | IsDict(
        # TODO: remove when deprecating Pydantic v1
        {
            "detail": [
                {
                    "loc": ["query", "q"],
                    "msg": "field required",
                    "type": "value_error.missing",

                    "loc": ["body", "password"],
                    "msg": "Field required",
                    "input": None,
                },
            ]
        }
    ) | IsDict(
        # TODO: remove when deprecating Pydantic v1
        {
            "detail": [
                {
                    "loc": ["body", "grant_type"],
                    "msg": "field required",
                    "type": "value_error.missing",

                "User": {
                    "title": "User",
                    "required": IsOneOf(
                        ["username", "email", "full_name", "disabled"],
                        # TODO: remove when deprecating Pydantic v1
                        ["username"],
                    ),
                    "type": "object",
                    "properties": {

                                        ],
                                    }
                                )
                                | IsDict(
                                    # TODO: remove this when deprecating Pydantic v1
                                    {
                                        "allOf": [
                                            {"$ref": "#/components/schemas/Item"}

                    "loc": ["body", "token"],
                    "msg": "Field required",
                    "input": None,
                },
            ]
        }
    ) | IsDict(
        # TODO: remove when deprecating Pydantic v1
        {
            "detail": [
                {
                    "loc": ["body", "file"],
                    "msg": "field required",
                    "type": "value_error.missing",