information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem; "the embassy filled him in on the background of the incident"
the part of a picture or scene that appears to be the farthest from the viewer, typically nearest the horizon
That portion of a photograph or line art drawing that appears furthest from the eye; the surface upon which the main image is superimposed
The naturally occurring level of a substance in the environment For example, arsenic is naturally present in the environment If arsenic is detected at a site, DEQ's Cleanup Programs will not take action unless the arsenic is present at a concentration higher than the background level
An attribute of the Body tag for specifying to a browser an image to be Tiled behind all other document elements This attribute's value is the URL of the graphic that will be tiled as the background of the page The user will not see this background in non-compliant browsers, if image loading is turned off, or if the user has overridden the background images in their preferences
The distance part of a landscape; surroundings, especially those behind something, and providing harmony and contrast; area located from 3-5 miles to infinity from the viewer, characterized by perception of outline shape, landforms, and patterns of light and dark Skylines or ridgelines against other land surfaces are the strongest visual elements of background
A part of the picture that depicts scenery to the rear or behind the main subject. Context
the state of the environment in which a situation exists; "you can't do that in a university setting"
(computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear a person's social heritage: previous experience or training; "he is a lawyer with a sports background"
The Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (Pub L 104-127) (``1996 Act'') became effective on April 4, 1996 Section 243 (c) of the 1996 Act amended the definition of ``United States agricultural commodity'' set forth in section 102(7) of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 The new definition of a United States agricultural commodity reads as follows: ``(A) an agricultural commodity or product entirely produced in the United States; or (B) a product of an agricultural commodity--(i) 90 percent, or more of the agricultural components of which by weight, excluding packaging and added water, is entirely produced in the United States; and (ii) that the Secretary determines to be a high value agricultural product ''
1) The area behind and outside the active window, including the desktop and any other application windows or icons 2) Applications can run in the "background" These applications are still running but they are not those in the active window and run without user intervention
Background samples are instrument blanks which measure the amount of the raw response which is due to residual activity from the detector This residual activity can be from instrument noise, extraneous radiation, and other artifacts The average of the background sample raw responses is subtracted from all sample raw responses prior to all subsequent calculations The raw response which is stored in test data includes the background average response
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