What is a project ?

A “project” is a general term representing some kind of related activities, events, programs etc. In programming world, a project means a set of pages, files etc that are related and bound together. In a software development company, usually the term “project” means a software or application developed for a specific purpose. When a company says “we are starting a new project”, it means they are starting development of a new software.
In Visual Studio, the term “project” has a slightly different meaning. In Visual Studio, a “project” means a program created using Visual Studio. A project contains several related files. A software or application will have several Visual Studio projects. For example, a company may be developing a software called “Hospital Management System”. To develop this software, there may be several projects created using Visual Studio.