To run a program so that its output is visible to the user, or to bring a previously "backgrounded" program to the foreground Programs running in the foreground can display output and receive input from the user See Also: Background
{i} area closest to the viewer; environment where the active application is found and where the user works and to which most of a system's resources are allocated (Computers)
(computer science) a window for an active application the part of a scene that is near the viewer move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent; "The introduction highlighted the speaker's distinguished career in linguistics
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
The interactive portion of the a computer system; e g when you are using CMS interactively, your commands are executed in the foreground, when you issue them
In an operating system, a process that runs in the foreground is runnign at a higher level of priority than a background task Only multitasking operating systems support true foreground and background processing; however, some applications programs can mimic background and foreground processing; many word processors will print a document while still accepting input from the keyboard
Part of a two-dimensional artwork that appears to be nearer the viewer or in the front Middle ground and background are the parts of the picture that appear to be farther and farthest away
If something or someone is in the foreground, or comes to the foreground, they receive a lot of attention. This is another worry that has come to the foreground in recent years
That part of a scene, landscape, etc , which is near the viewer (between the observer and up to l/4 or 1/2 mile distant) The surface patterns or objects and visual elements are important in the "foreground" portions of views In the foreground portions of a view, observers are able to relate themselves to the size of individual visual elements (such as a tree) and are able to begin to sense their scale relationship to the landscape Aerial perspective is absent or insignificant in the "foreground", and the intensity and lightness or darkness of colors are seen in maximum contrast Wind motion in trees or on grass can be seen in this close-in area but seldom beyond
The foreground of a picture or scene you are looking at is the part or area of it that appears nearest to you. He is the bowler-hatted figure in the foreground of Orpen's famous painting. background
A foreground texture map that covers all rendered polygons Primarily used in the Decal or Genlock modes so as to permit partially obscured views of the polygons
The program currently running on your computer Most computers have the ability to operate more than one application at a time, called multitasking The program that is receiving instructions from your mouse or keyboard is the one running in the foreground
In multitasking operations, the application or procedure that's visible and to which user-generated input is directed In Windows, the application that has the focus is in the foreground
When a program runs in the foreground of a computer, it is running in front of all other programs and is accessible to be modified or acted upon Evolution may be toggled between running in either the foreground or the background by pressing the key