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  foreground
       
          (Unix) On a time-sharing system, a task executing in
          foreground is one able to accept input from and return output
          to the user in contrast to one running in the background.
          Nowadays this term is primarily associated with Unix, but it
          appears first to have been used in this sense on OS/360.
          Normally, there is only one foreground task per terminal (or
          terminal window).  Having multiple processes simultaneously
          reading the keyboard is confusing.
       
          [{Jargon File]
       
          (1994-10-24)
       
       

  Foreground \Fore"ground`\, n.
     On a painting, and sometimes in a bas-relief, mosaic picture,
     or the like, that part of the scene represented, which is
     nearest to the spectator, and therefore occupies the lowest
     part of the work of art itself. Cf. Distance, n., 6.
     [1913 Webster]

  foreground vt. [Unix; common] To bring a task to the top of one's
     stack for immediate processing, and hackers often use it in this sense
     for non-computer tasks. "If your presentation is due next week, I guess
     I'd better foreground writing up the design document."
  
     Technically, on a time-sharing system, a task executing in foreground
     is one able to accept input from and return output to the user; oppose
     background.+Nowadays+this+term+is+primarily+associated+with+{Unix" rel="nofollow">background. Nowadays this term is primarily associated with {Unix,
     but it appears first to have been used in this sense on OS/360.
     Normally, there is only one foreground task per terminal (or terminal
     window); having multiple processes simultaneously reading the keyboard
     is a good way to lose.
  
  

  Foreground \Fore"ground`\, n.
     On a painting, and sometimes in a bas-relief, mosaic picture,
     or the like, that part of the scene represented, which is
     nearest to the spectator, and therefore occupies the lowest
     part of the work of art itself. Cf. Distance, n., 6.

  foreground
       n 1: the part of a scene that is near the viewer
       2: (computer science) a window for an active application
       v : move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent;
           "The introduction highlighted the speaker's distinguished
           career in linguistics" [syn: highlight, spotlight, play
           up] [ant: background, background]

  foreground
     Αγγλικά n.
     1 το προσκήνιο
     2 το πρώτο πλάνο

  foreground
     n.
     1 The elements of an image which lie closest to the picture plane.
     2 The subject of an image, often depicted at the bottom in a
  two-dimensional work.
     3 (lb en computing often attributive) The application the user is
  currently interacting with; the application window that appears in front
  of all others.
     vb.
     To place in the foreground (physically or metaphorically).

  foreground
     n.
     1 The elements of an image which lie closest to the picture plane.
     2 The subject of an image, often depicted at the bottom in a
  two-dimensional work.
     3 (lb en computing often attributive) The application the user is
  currently interacting with; the application window that appears in front
  of all others.
     vb.
     To place in the foreground (physically or metaphorically).

  foreground
     n.
     1 The elements of an image which lie closest to the picture plane.
     2 The subject of an image, often depicted at the bottom in a
  two-dimensional work.
     3 (lb en computing often attributive) The application the user is
  currently interacting with; the application window that appears in front
  of all others.
     vb.
     To place in the foreground (physically or metaphorically).

  foreground
     n.
     1 The elements of an image which lie closest to the picture plane.
     2 The subject of an image, often depicted at the bottom in a
  two-dimensional work.
     3 (lb en computing often attributive) The application the user is
  currently interacting with; the application window that appears in front
  of all others.
     vb.
     To place in the foreground (physically or metaphorically).

  foreground
     Englanti n.
     etuala
     Englanti vb.
     korostaa, asettaa etualalle

  foreground
     Engelska n.
     förgrund

  foreground /fˈɔːɡɹaʊnd/
  voorgrond

  Foreground /fˈɔːɡɹaʊnd/
  المقدمة

  foreground //ˈfɔː(ɹ)ˌɡɹaʊnd// 
  пре́ден план
  the elements of an image which lie closest to the picture plane

  foreground /fˈɔːɡɹaʊnd/ 
  popředí

  foreground /fˈɔːɡɹaʊnd/
  prioritní

  foreground /fˈɔːɡɹaʊnd/ 
  blaendir 

  foreground /fˈɔːɡɹaʊnd/
  Vordergrund 
   see: foregrounds
  

  foreground /fˈɔːɡɹaʊnd/
  
  πρώτο πλάνο

  foreground //ˈfɔː(ɹ)ˌɡɹaʊnd// 
  edusta, etuala
  the elements of an image which lie closest to the picture plane

  foreground /fˈɔːɡɹaʊnd/
  prednji plan

  foreground /fˈɔːɡɹaʊnd/
  elôtér

  foreground //ˈfɔː(ɹ)ˌɡɹaʊnd// 
  前景
  the elements of an image which lie closest to the picture plane

  foreground /ˈfɔ:graʊnd/ 
    pierwszy plan

  foreground /fɔːgraund/ 
  anteprojeto

  foreground /fˈɔːɡɹaʊnd/
  prim plan

  foreground //ˈfɔː(ɹ)ˌɡɹaʊnd// 
  förgrund
  the elements of an image which lie closest to the picture plane

  foreground /fˈɔːɡɹaʊnd/
  1. ön plan. in the foreground ön planda, ön tarafta, göze çarpacak yerde.

  
/ˈfɔɹˌɡɹaʊnd/

  53 Moby Thesaurus words for "foreground":
     anteriority, approach, approximation, bold front, brave face,
     brave front, closeness, confines, convergence, display, environs,
     facade, face, facet, facia, fore, forefront, forehand, foreland,
     forepart, forequarter, foreside, foreword, front, front elevation,
     front man, front matter, front page, front view, frontage, frontal,
     frontier, frontispiece, head, heading, immediacy,
     immediate foreground, lap, nearness, neighborhood, nighness,
     obverse, precinct, preface, prefix, priority, propinquity,
     proscenium, proximity, purlieus, vicinage, vicinity,
     window dressing
  
  

  n. 前景,最显著的位置;
  n.[计算机]前台;

  Foreground
     n. 前景,最显著的位置
     n. 前景,前台
     n. 前台