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Definitions of background:

noun:   (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear
noun:   a person's social heritage: previous experience or training
Example: "He is a lawyer with a sports background"

noun:   information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem
Example: "The embassy filled him in on the background of the incident"

noun:   the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground
Example: "He posed her against a background of rolling hills"

noun:   relatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation
Example: "When the rain came he could hear the sound of thunder in the background"

noun:   extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured
Example: "They got a bad connection and could hardly hear one another over the background signals"

noun:   scenery hung at back of stage
noun:   the state of the environment in which a situation exists
verb:   understate the importance or quality of

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foreground-background history past happen-similar-words foreground amp-off-computer-jargon slopsucker-computer-jargon unix computer-software process-computing daemon-computer-software e-mail central-processing-unit scheduling background-shopping background-image pooh-background flower-background legend bona-fide-2 backlit team-homogeneity background-processing polarity cultural-mosaic-theory noise forefront-foreground bright-field-optics keylogger slating ad-lib display-element

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