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Background

Spanish
English
lontananza
NF
background
N

de segundo plano
ADJ
background
ADJ

de segundo plano
ADJ
Informática
background
ADJ
Applications, etc., in computing

trasfonda
ADJ
background
ADJ

antecedentes
NM Plural
background
N

educación
NF
background
N

escenario
NM
background
N

fondo
NM
background
N

fondo
NM
De una imagen
background
N

lejos
NM
background
N

trasfondo
NM
background
N

último término
NM
background
N

de fondo
background

fondo
de una imagen
background

segundo plano
background

subordinado
background

color de fondo
NM
background color
N

ruido de fondo
NM
background noise
N

programa no prioritario
background program

foro
NM
drop scene background
N

antecedentes
backgrounds

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English Definitions

background
N
a person's social heritage: previous experience or training
background
N
the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground
background
N
information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem
background
N
extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured
background
N
relatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation
background
N
the state of the environment in which a situation exists
background
N
(computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear
background
N
scenery hung at back of stage
background
V
understate the importance or quality of
background knowledge
N
information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem
background level
N
the amplitude level of the undesired background noise
background noise
N
extraneous noise contaminating sound measurements that cannot be separated from the desired signal
background processing
N
the execution of low priority programs while higher priority programs are not using the processing system
background radiation
N
radiation coming from sources other than those being observed
background signal
N
extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured
backgrounder
N
a press conference or interview in which a government official explains to reporters the background of an action or policy
backgrounding
N
the execution of low priority programs while higher priority programs are not using the processing system
English Definitions from WordNet 3.0
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