Backgrounding

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  backgrounding \back"ground*ing\ n. (Computers)
     The execution of low priority programs while higher priority
     programs are not using the processing system.
  
     Syn: background processing
          [WordNet 1.5]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  backgrounding
       n : the execution of low priority programs while higher priority
           programs are not using the processing system [syn: {background
           processing}]