noun. The ground or scenery located behind something.

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noun. The part of a pictorial representation that appears to be in the distance and that provides relief for the principal objects in the foreground.

noun. The general scene or surface against which designs, patterns, or figures are represented or viewed.

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noun. A position, area, or situation that is not immediately in one's attention or notice.

noun. The environment in which programs operate that the user does not engage with directly.

noun. The circumstances and events surrounding or leading up to an event or occurrence.

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noun. A person's experience, training, and education.

noun. The cultural or social environment in which a person was brought up or has lived.

noun. Subdued music played especially as an accompaniment to dialogue in a dramatic performance.

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noun. Sound that intrudes on or interferes with an audio recording.

noun. Low-level radiation, as from radioactive decay, that exists as part of the natural environment.

idiom. (on background) For publication but without specific attribution of the source.

idiom. (on deep background) For publication without any attribution of the source.

noun. The ground at the back or behind, as opposed to the front; situation in the rear of those objects, considerations, etc., which engage the attention; subordinate or secondary position in contradistinction to principal or important position; place out of sight: used both literally (of physical objects) and figuratively: as, there were mountains in the background; the true reasons for this action were kept in the background.

noun. Specifically The part of a picture represented as furthest from the spectator's eye: opposed to foreground.

noun. In photography, the plain or decorated screens, properties, etc., placed behind the subject in taking portraits, especially in regular gallery-work, in order to form an appropriate setting in the finished picture.

noun. Ground in the rear or behind, or in the distance, as opposed to the foreground, or the ground in front.

noun. The space which is behind and subordinate to a portrait or group of figures.

noun. Anything behind, serving as a foil.

noun. A place in obscurity or retirement, or out of sight.

noun. The set of conditions within which an action takes place, including the social and physical conditions as well as the psychological states of the participants.

noun. The set of conditions that precede and affect an action, such as the social and historical precedents for the event, as well as the general background{5}.

noun. The signals that may be detected by a measurement which are not due to the phenomenon being studied, and tend to make the measurement uncertain to a greater or lesser degree.

noun. An agreement between a journalist and an interviewee that the name of the interviewee will not be quoted in any publication, although the substance of the remarks may be reported; -- often used in the phrase “on background”. Compare deep background.

noun. to make of little consequence.

noun. to remain unobtrusive, inconspicuous or out of sight; -- of people.

noun. the status of an interview which must not be quoted in a publication, even without attribution. Compare background{8}.

noun. One's social heritage; what one did in the past/previously.

noun. A part of the picture that depicts scenery to the rear or behind the main subject; context.

noun. Information relevant to the current situation about past events; history.

noun. A less important feature of scenery (as opposed to foreground.)

noun. The image or color, over which a computer's desktop items are show (e.g. icons or application windows).

noun. Activity on a computer that is not normally visible to the user

verb. To put in a position that is not prominent

noun. the state of the environment in which a situation exists

noun. relatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation

noun. extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured

verb. understate the importance or quality of

noun. information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem

noun. the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground

noun. a person's social heritage: previous experience or training

noun. scenery hung at back of stage

noun. (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear

"I have no idea why the title background is gray at the beginning, but at least I figured out how to upload so the quality isn't total blur city."

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aspect  circle  color  concept  depth  

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