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priority processing

DEFINITIONS OF: priority processing

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n data processing in which the operations performed are determined by a system of priorities

Types:
background processing, backgrounding
the execution of low priority programs while higher priority programs are not using the processing system
foreground processing, foregrounding
the execution of a program that preempts the use of the processing system
Type of:
data processing
(computer science) a series of operations on data by a computer in order to retrieve or transform or classify information
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