ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Cumulative process

Okay kiddo, so let's say you have a piggy bank and every day you get some coins and put them in the bank. And every day you add new coins in the bank.

Now, the total amount of money in your piggy bank keeps increasing every day. This is because you are adding new coins to the old ones that you already had.

This whole process of adding new things to the old things and then getting a bigger result is called a cumulative process. It means that things keep adding up over time, and the total amount gets bigger and bigger.

So, to sum it up, a cumulative process is like adding new things to the old things, and the total amount keeps growing as a result. It's like building a tower of blocks, one on top of the other, and getting a taller tower each time you add a new block.