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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>background</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../B.html" title="B"/><link rel="previous" href="backgammon.html" title="backgammon"/><link rel="next" href="backreference.html" title="backreference"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">background</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="backgammon.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">B</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="backreference.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="background"/><dt xmlns="" id="background"><b>background</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.,adj.,vt.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [common] To do a task <span class="firstterm">in
background</span> is to do it whenever
<a href="../F/foreground.html"><i class="glossterm">foreground</i></a> matters are not claiming your undivided
attention, and <span class="firstterm">to background</span>
something means to relegate it to a lower priority. &#8220;<span class="quote">For now, we'll
just print a list of nodes and links; I'm working on the graph-printing
problem in background.</span>&#8221; Note that this implies ongoing activity but
at a reduced level or in spare time, in contrast to mainstream &#8216;back
burner&#8217; (which connotes benign neglect until some future resumption
of activity). Some people prefer to use the term for processing that they
have queued up for their unconscious minds (a tack that one can often
fruitfully take upon encountering an obstacle in creative work). Compare
<a href="../A/amp-off.html"><i class="glossterm">amp off</i></a>, <a href="../S/slopsucker.html"><i class="glossterm">slopsucker</i></a>.</p><p>Technically, a task running in background is detached from the
terminal where it was started (and often running at a lower priority);
oppose <a href="../F/foreground.html"><i class="glossterm">foreground</i></a>. Nowadays this term is primarily
associated with <a href="../U/Unix.html"><i class="glossterm">Unix</i></a>, but it appears to have been
first used in this sense on OS/360.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="backgammon.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../B.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="backreference.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">backgammon </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> backreference</td></tr></table></div></body></html>