Background

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Background may refer to:

• Background (journalism)
• Computer wallpaper
• Cultural heritage
• Ethnic background
• Field (heraldry), background of a shield
• Natural heritage
• Operational definition, distinction between an object from its background of observation; identifying what is and is not part of it
• Provenance

Performing arts and stagecraft:

• Background actor
• Background artist
• Background light
• Background music
• Background story
• Background vocals

Science and engineering:

• Background extinction rate
• Background independence, a condition in theoretical physics
• Background noise
• Background radiation, the natural radiation that is always present in a location
  • Background (astronomy), small amounts of light coming from otherwise dark parts of the sky
  • Cosmic background (disambiguation)
  • Gravitational wave background
  • X-ray background
• Background process, software that is running but not being displayed
• String background

Recorded works:

• Background (1953 film), a British drama
• Background (1973 film), a documentary
• Background (album), 1992 album by Lifetime

See also

• Backgrounding, a way of feeding livestock before selling them
• Figure and ground (disambiguation)
• Foreground and background (disambiguation)
• Heritage (disambiguation)
• All pages beginning with "Background"
• All pages with titles containing "Background"