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scenery hung at back of stage
(noun) desktop, screen background
(computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear
(noun) background knowledge
information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem
the embassy filled him in on the background of the incident
(noun) ground
the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground
he posed her against a background of rolling hills
(noun) background signal
extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured
they got a bad connection and could hardly hear one another over the background signals
the state of the environment in which a situation exists
you can't do that in a university setting
understate the importance or quality of
he played down his royal ancestry