BACKGROUND PROCESSING

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The execution of low priority programs while higher priority programs are not using the processing system

Synonyms:

background processing; backgrounding

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("background processing" is a kind of...):

priority processing (data processing in which the operations performed are determined by a system of priorities)

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