foreground process
1Process group — In POSIX conformant operating systems, a process group denotes a collection of one or more processes. Process groups are used to control the distribution of signals. A signal directed to a process group is delivered individually to all of the… …
2Foreground-background — is a scheduling algorithm that is used to control execution of multiple processes on a single processor. It is based on two waiting lists, the first one is called foreground because this is the one in which all processes initially enter, and the… …
3Process Oriented Psychology — (POP) refers to a body of theory and practice that encompasses a broad range of psychotherapeutic, personal growth, and group process applications. It is more commonly called Process Work in the United States, the longer name being used in Europe …
4Process management (computing) — Operating systems …
5foreground — In an operating system, a process that runs in the foreground is running at a higher level of priority than is a background task. Only multitasking operating systems support true foreground and background processing; however, some… …
6process cinematography — Motion Pictures. cinematography in which the main or foreground action or scene is superimposed on or combined with simulated or separately filmed background action or scenery to produce special visual effects. * * * …
7process cinematography — proc′ess cinematog raphy n. mot cinematography in which the foreground action is superimposed on or combined with a simulated or separately filmed background …
8process cinematography — Motion Pictures. cinematography in which the main or foreground action or scene is superimposed on or combined with simulated or separately filmed background action or scenery to produce special visual effects …
9Background process — A background process is a process that runs in the background of the system. That is to say the shell that executes the background process does not wait for it to finish or terminate as it does with foreground processes. The shell is free to… …
10POSIX terminal interface — The POSIX terminal interface is the generalized abstraction, comprising both an Application Programming Interface for programs, and a set of behavioural expectations for users of a terminal, as defined by the POSIX standard and the Single Unix… …
