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BACKGROUNDING
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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 ("backgrounding" is a kind of...):
priority processing (data processing in which the operations performed are determined by a system of priorities)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb background
