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The execution of low priority programs while higher priority programs are not using the processing system
Answer for the clue "The execution of low priority programs while higher priority programs are not using the processing system ", 13 letters:
backgrounding
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
backgrounding \back"ground*ing\ n. (Computers) The execution of low priority programs while higher priority programs are not using the processing system. Syn: background processing
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Backgrounding is an intermediate stage sometimes used in cattle production which begins after weaning and ends upon placement in a feedlot . Background feeding relies more heavily on forage (e.g., pasture , hay ) in combination with grains to increase a ...
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vb. (present participle of background English)
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n. the execution of low priority programs while higher priority programs are not using the processing system [syn: background processing ]
Usage examples of backgrounding.
The rules here say physics courses must include 'socioeconomic contexts backgrounding,' which I guess means it has to explain how it fits in with today's something or other.
Santucci gravely, "we must include socioeconomic backgrounding integral with the foregrounded material.
At school they had practiced quick decisions, but even there he had been given more backgrounding than this.