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background processingProcessing in which the program is not visibly interacting with the user. Earlier personal computers used operating systems that ran background tasks only when foreground tasks were idle, such as between keystrokes. Today's multitasking operating systems share time between background and foreground programs. Advanced operating systems on mainframes can prioritize each job. background processing [′bak‚grau̇nd ′prä·ses·iŋ] (computer science) The execution of lower-priority programs when higher-priority programs are not being handled by a data-processing system. Computer processing that is not interactive or visible on the display screen. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Certainly, high-quality consolidation is possible in centralized union catalogs that have made it a priority, though this is often achieved at the cost of considerable background processing and software development effort. With background processing, RSS news feeds are seamlessly pulled into Outlook without bogging Outlook down. With background processing, RSS news feeds are seamlessly pulled into Outlook. |
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