background process in English

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        "A process that is not currently able to receive input from its controlling terminal."
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        "(computing, Unix) A process that is not currently able to receive input from its controlling terminal."
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        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "computer process",
          "word": "fona procezo"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "computer process",
          "word": "taustaprosessi"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "computer process",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "processo em segundo plano"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "computer process",
          "word": "processo em plano de fundo"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "computer process",
          "word": "bakgrundsprocess"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "background process"
}

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  "pos": "noun",
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    }
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      "glosses": [
        "A process that is not currently able to receive input from its controlling terminal."
      ],
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          "process"
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        "(computing, Unix) A process that is not currently able to receive input from its controlling terminal."
      ],
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        "Unix"
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        "computing",
        "engineering",
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "computer process",
      "word": "fona procezo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "computer process",
      "word": "taustaprosessi"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "computer process",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "processo em segundo plano"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "computer process",
      "word": "processo em plano de fundo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "computer process",
      "word": "bakgrundsprocess"
    }
  ],
  "word": "background process"
}

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"background process" meaning in English

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