| Subject | English | German |
| comp. | background processing | Hintergrundverarbeitung (z. B. zu einem im Vordergrund laufenden Echtzeitprogramm) |
| gen. | background processing | Hintergrundverarbeitung |
| comp., MS | background processing | Hintergrundverarbeitung (The execution of certain operations by the operating system or a program during momentary lulls in the primary (foreground) task. An example of a background process is a word processor program printing a document during the time that occurs between the user's keystrokes) |
| comp. | background processing | nachrangige Verarbeitung |
| IT | foreground/background processing | Vorder-/Hintergrundverarbeitung |