HyperDic: foregrounding

English > 1 sense of the word *foregrounding*:
NOUN	process	foregrounding, foreground processing	the execution of a program that preempts the use of the processing system

English > *foregrounding*: 1 sense > noun 1, process
Meaning	The execution of a program that preempts the use of the processing system.
Synonym	foreground processing
Broader	priority processing	data processing in which the operations performed are determined by a system of priorities