foreground
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- noun
- /ˈfɔrɡraʊnd/
- Specialized
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- The application you are currently using is visible in the foreground of your computer screen.
- foreground thread
- foreground color
- foreground area
Examples
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Next, select the Text Tool again and choose a strong red as your foreground color.
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Finally, pick the Rectangle Tool and set the foreground color to black.
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The work was done on the layer mask with the default colors set to black foreground and white background.
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Basically, I created a style for CellControl and set its foreground using a converter.
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Some registers are applicable only for the foreground thread and are not replicated.
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When both threads are waiting to use the same logic, the foreground thread is normally given higher priority than the background thread.
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When you paint the Layer Mask with black (the default foreground color), the layer is made transparent.
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When working on a project, keep important files in the foreground to access them easily.
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To edit the image properly, select the layer that is in the foreground.
Synonyms
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4.4
The position closest to someone watching at the start of a group
A computer program that is running and showing on the screen so you can use it
Antonyms
Compounds
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Computer tasks that run first and interact directly with the user
How Active
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Foreground comes from fore- meaning 'front' and ground meaning 'base', and in computing it keeps that idea. So the foreground is the window or program in the 'front' of the screen that you can see and use now.