Definition of Backgrounding

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

Exact synonyms: Background Processing
Generic synonyms: Priority Processing

Definition of Backgrounding

1. background [v] - See also: background

Lexicographical Neighbors of Backgrounding

background
background knowledge
background level
background music
background noise
background process
background processes
background processing
background radiation
background radiations
background retinopathy
background signal
backgrounded
backgrounder
backgrounders
backgrounding
backgrounds
backhand
backhand(a)
backhand drive
backhand shot
backhand stroke
backhanded
backhanded compliment
backhanded compliments
backhandedly
backhandedness
backhander
backhanders
backhanding

Literary usage of Backgrounding

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Extenuating Circumstances: Wall Hangings in the Hall of Justice in 'S by P. E. Spijkerman, Wytze Patijn, Jan Rutten (1998)
"Tapestries derive their perspective from borders, from repeated motifs and from the interplay between foregrounding and backgrounding. ..."

2. The Formation of Tennyson's Style: A Study, Primarily of the Versification by James Francis Augustin Pyre (1921)
"The backgrounding is only less rich than that of The Gardener's Daughter, but not like that, over-elaborate; there is not a detail to wish away. ..."

3. Tapestries, Their Origin, History and Renaissance by George Leland Hunter (1912)
"Gothic verdures were actual forests, backgrounding animals and personages. Renaissance verdures enlarged the verdure and shaded-leaf details toward realism ..."

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