background computing

  • 1background — back‧ground [ˈbækgraʊnd] noun [countable] 1. HUMAN RESOURCES someone s past, for example their education, qualifications, and the jobs they have had: • We are looking for someone with a background in tourism. 2. in the background COMPUTING a… …

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  • 2background tasks — plural noun (computing) Tasks such as printing which a computer can carry out simultaneously with tasks involving user input • • • Main Entry: ↑back …

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  • 3Computing π — Similarly, the more complex approximations of π given below involve repeated calculations of some sort, yielding closer and closer approximations with increasing numbers of calculations.Continued fractionsBesides its simple continued fraction… …

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  • 4computing — noun 1. the procedure of calculating; determining something by mathematical or logical methods • Syn: ↑calculation, ↑computation • Derivationally related forms: ↑computational (for: ↑computation), ↑compute …

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  • 5background processing — noun the execution of low priority programs while higher priority programs are not using the processing system • Syn: ↑backgrounding • Hypernyms: ↑priority processing * * * background processing noun (computing) Processing carried out non… …

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  • 6Background — The term background may refer to:In art: *Background (art), the part of a scene that appears to be farthest from the viewer *Background lighting, a film techniqueIn computing: *Background (computer software), software that is running but not… …

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  • 7background processing — UK / US noun [uncountable] computing processes that continue while the user is working with another program …

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  • 8Parallel computing — Programming paradigms Agent oriented Automata based Component based Flow based Pipelined Concatenative Concurrent computing …

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  • 9Palette (computing) — Color depth 1 bit monochrome 8 bit grayscale 8 bit color 15/16 bit color (High color) 24 bit color (True color) 30/36/48 bit color (Deep color) Related Indexed color Palette RGB color model Web safe color This box …

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  • 10NUS Master Of Computing — NUS School of computing which has approximately 2,000 students and 200 staffs, was established in 1998. Its root is Department of Information Systems and Computer Science (DISCS) within the Faculty of Science. The purpose of school is to produce… …

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