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background process

background process noun: a process that is not currently able to receive input from its controlling terminal.

Noun

background process (plural background processes)

  1. (Unix) A process that is not currently able to receive input from its controlling terminal.

background process meaning in Tamil

background process in Tamil

பின்புறச் செயலாக்கம்

Forms of background process

pluralbackground processes

Questions about background process

What does background process mean?
Background process means a process that is not currently able to receive input from its controlling terminal.
What is background process in Tamil?
Background process in Tamil is பின்புறச் செயலாக்கம். See Background process meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is background process?
Background process is a noun.
What is the plural of background process?
The plural of background process is background processes.

Words near background process in the dictionary

  1. background investigation
  2. background investigations
  3. background music
  4. background noise
  5. background noises
  6. background process
  7. background processes
  8. background processing
  9. background radiation
  10. background radiation equivalent time
  11. background radiation equivalent times

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Adapted from Wiktionary: background process (page history and authors); background process (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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