Search Result for "background_processing":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the execution of low priority programs while higher priority programs are not using the processing system;
[syn: background processing, backgrounding]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

background processing
    n 1: the execution of low priority programs while higher
         priority programs are not using the processing system [syn:
         background processing, backgrounding]