HyperDic: backgrounding

English > 1 sense of the word *backgrounding*:
NOUN	process	backgrounding, background processing	the execution of low priority programs while higher priority programs are not using the processing system

English > *backgrounding*: 1 sense > noun 1, process
Meaning	The execution of low priority programs while higher priority programs are not using the processing system.
Synonym	background processing
Broader	priority processing	data processing in which the operations performed are determined by a system of priorities