Art

• Background actor
• Background artist
  Background artist
  A background artist or sometimes called a background stylist or background painter is one who is involved in the process of animation who establishes the color, style, and mood of a scene drawn by an animation layout artist. The methods used can either be through traditional painting or by digital...
  
  
• Background light
  Background light
  The background light is used to illuminate the background area of a set. The background light will also provide separation between the subject and the background. In the standard 4-point lighting setup, the background light is placed last and is usually placed directly behind the subject and...
  
  ing, a film technique
• Background story

Film

• Background (1953 film)
  Background (1953 film)
  Background is a 1953 British domestic drama film dealing with the effects of divorce, directed by Daniel Birt and starring Valerie Hobson, Philip Friend and Norman Wooland...
  
  , a British drama
• Background (1973 film), a documentary

Music

• Background (album)
  Background (album)
  Background was the first LP released by Lifetime. It was recorded in 1992 and was originally released on January 1st, 1993 as New Age Records #15. The CD version was re-issued on July 1st, 1997 with 9 live bonus tracks. It is currently out of print although all the songs are available on the...
  
  , 1992 album by Lifetime
• Background music
  Background music
  Although background music was by the end of the 20th century generally identified with Muzak or elevator music, there are several stages in the development of this concept.-Antecedents:...
  
  
• Background vocals

Computing

• Background process, software that is running but not being displayed
• Background
  Computer wallpaper
  Wallpaper is an image used as a background of a graphical user interface on a computer screen or mobile communications device. On a computer it is usually for the desktop, while for a mobile phone it is usually the background for the 'home' or 'idle' screen...
  
  , or desktop picture, is the image or colour displayed on a website or computer desktop behind the visible content
• background, in HTML
  HTML
  HyperText Markup Language is the predominant markup language for web pages. HTML elements are the basic building-blocks of webpages....
  
  , a element attribute that sets a background texture

Physics and science

• Background (astronomy)
  Background (astronomy)
  In astronomy, background commonly refers to the incoming light from an apparently empty part of the night sky.Even if no visible astronomical objects are present in given part of the sky, there always is some low luminosity present, due mostly to light diffusion from the atmosphere...
  
  , small amounts of light coming from otherwise dark parts of the sky
• Background extinction rate
  Background extinction rate
  Background extinction rate, also known as ‘normal extinction rate’, refers to the standard rate of extinction in earth’s geological and biological history before humans became a primary contributor to extinctions...
  
  , in geology
• Background independence
  Background independence
  Background independence, also called universality, is the concept or assumption, fundamental to all physical sciences, that the nature of reality is consistent throughout all of space and time...
  
  , a condition in theoretical physics
• Background noise
  Background noise
  In acoustics and specifically in acoustical engineering, background noise or ambient noise is any sound other than the sound being monitored. Background noise is a form of noise pollution or interference. Background noise is an important concept in setting noise regulations...
  
  
• Background radiation
  Background radiation
  Background radiation is the ionizing radiation constantly present in the natural environment of the Earth, which is emitted by natural and artificial sources.-Overview:Both Natural and human-made background radiation varies by location....
  
  , the natural radiation that is always present in a location
• Cosmic microwave background radiation
  Cosmic microwave background radiation
  In cosmology, cosmic microwave background radiation is thermal radiation filling the observable universe almost uniformly....
  
  , a natural constant radiation emanating throughout the universe
• Gravitational wave background
  Gravitational wave background
  A possible target of gravitational wave detection experiments is a stochastic background of gravitational waves. This background is known as the gravitational wave background or the stochastic background...
  
  
• String background
  String background
  In theoretical physics, a string background refers to the set of classical values of quantum fields in spacetime that correspond to classical solutions of string theory. Such a background is associated with geometry that solves Einstein's equations or their generalizations and with the values of...
  
  , in theoretical physics
• X-ray background
  X-ray background
  The observed X-ray background is thought to result from, at the "soft" end , Galactic X-ray emission , and, at the "hard" end , from a combination of many unresolved X-ray sources outside of the Milky Way .The galactic X-ray background is produced largely by emission from hot gas in the Local...
  
  
• Operational definition
  Operational definition
  An operational definition defines something in terms of the specific process or set of validation tests used to determine its presence and quantity. That is, one defines something in terms of the operations that count as measuring it. The term was coined by Percy Williams Bridgman and is a part of...
  
  , in philosophy of science, distinguishing an object from its background of observation, or identifying what is and what is not part of it

Other

• Background (journalism), in journalism, between a news source and a reporter on the privacy of a discussion
• Backgrounding
  Backgrounding
  Backgrounding is an intermediate stage sometimes used in cattle production which begins after weaning and ends upon placement in a feedlot. Background feeding relies more heavily on forage in combination with grains to increase a calf’s weight by several hundred pounds and to build up immunity to...
  
  , a way of feeding livestock before selling them
• Background art, or prior art, in patent law
• Background check
  Background check
  A background check or background investigation is the process of looking up and compiling criminal records, commercial records and financial records of an individual....
  
  
• Field (heraldry)
  Field (heraldry)
  In heraldry, the background of the shield is called the field. The field is usually composed of one or more tinctures or furs. The field may be divided or may consist of a variegated pattern....
  
  , background of a shield

See also

• Cosmic background (disambiguation)
• Ethnic background
• Heritage (disambiguation)