backgrounding

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsbackground processing

   Broaderpriority processing

Other forms of backgrounding

plural

backgroundings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about backgrounding

What does backgrounding mean?

backgrounding means "the execution of low priority programs while higher priority programs are not using the processing system".

How many syllables are in backgrounding?

backgrounding has 3 syllables: back-groun-ding. The stress falls on "back".

What is another word for backgrounding?

Close synonyms include background processing. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is backgrounding a common word?

backgrounding is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.