Background 312421 223378606 2008-07-03T20:37:18Z 71.202.12.221 {{wiktionary|background}} The term '''background''' may refer to: In '''art''': *[[Background (art)]], the part of a scene that appears to be farthest from the viewer *[[Background lighting]], a film technique In '''computing''': *[[Background (computer software)]], software that is running but not being displayed *[[Computer wallpaper|Background]], or desktop picture, is the image or colour displayed on a website or computer desktop behind the visible content In '''web''': *[[Background (web html)]], Sets or retrieves up to five separate background properties of the object. In '''[[philosophy of science]]''': * [[Operational definition]], distinguishing an object from its background of observation, or [[identity (philosophy)|identifying]] what is and what is not part of it In '''physics'''<!-- including '''astronomy'''-->: *[[Background (astronomy)]], small amounts of light coming from otherwise dark parts of the sky *[[Background radiation]], the natural radiation that is always present in a location *[[Cosmic microwave background radiation]], a natural constant radiation emanating throughout the universe *[[Background independence]], a condition in theoretical physics In '''imaging''' (photography, computer vision, medical imaging): *Background, the part of an image that lies outside the object(s) of interest captured by the image and which form the foreground. In '''music''': *[[Background (album)]], an album by Lifetime In '''journalism''' it may also refer to: *[[Journalism sourcing#.22Speaking_terms.22|Background understanding]], between a news source and a reporter on the privacy of a discussion In '''animal feeding''' * [[Backgrounding]] is a way of feeding livestock before selling them. {{disambig}} [[fr:Background]]