priority processing

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

background processing, backgrounding - the execution of low priority programs while higher priority programs are not using the processing system

data processing - (computer science) a series of operations on data by a computer in order to retrieve or transform or classify information

foreground processing, foregrounding - the execution of a program that preempts the use of the processing system

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