Background Processing Definition/Meaning:

Processing without the opportunity for interaction with the user, within a system that provides for interaction by foreground processing. The jobs are submitted by users from terminals but are not processed immediately. They are placed into a background queue and run off as resources become available.

Near by Terms:
	Babbage
	Backbone Network
	Back-End Processor
	Background Processing
	Backing Store (auxiliary memory; bulk memory; secondary memory)
	Backplane
	Backtracking
	Backup
	Backus Normal Form, Backus-Naur Form
	Backward Error Analysis
	Backward Error Correction (backward correction)
	Badge Reader
	Bag (multiset)
	Balance (of a node in a binary tree)
	Balanced (height-balanced; depth-balanced)
	Band
	Band Limited Channel
	Band Matrix
	Band-Pass Filter
	Band Printer (belt printer)
	Band-Reject Filler
	Band-Stop Filter (band-reject filter)
	Bandwidth
	Bank Switching
	Bar Code
	Barker Sequence
	Barrel Printer
	Base
	Base Addressing
	Baseband Networking
	Base-Bound Register (datum-limit register)
	Base Field
	Base-Limit Register
	Base Register
	BASIC
	Batch Control
	Batcher's Parallel Method (merge exchange sort)
	Batch Processing
	Baud Rate