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FOREGROUNDING

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The execution of a program that preempts the use of the processing system

Synonyms:

foreground processing; foregrounding

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("foregrounding" is a kind of...):

priority processing (data processing in which the operations performed are determined by a system of priorities)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb foreground

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