[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

foreground \fore"ground`\, n.
   on a painting, and sometimes in a bas-relief, mosaic picture,
   or the like, that part of the scene represented, which is
   nearest to the spectator, and therefore occupies the lowest
   part of the work of art itself. cf. distance, n., 6.
   1913 webster
see also:
distance 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

foreground
     n 1: the part of a scene that is near the viewer
     2: computer science a window for an active application
     v : move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent;
         "the introduction highlighted the speaker's distinguished
         career in linguistics" syn: highlight, spotlight, play
         up ant: background, background
see also:
highlight spotlight play up background 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

53 moby thesaurus words for "foreground":
   anteriority, approach, approximation, bold front, brave face,
   brave front, closeness, confines, convergence, display, environs,
   facade, face, facet, facia, fore, forefront, forehand, foreland,
   forepart, forequarter, foreside, foreword, front, front elevation,
   front man, front matter, front page, front view, frontage, frontal,
   frontier, frontispiece, head, heading, immediacy,
   immediate foreground, lap, nearness, neighborhood, nighness,
   obverse, precinct, preface, prefix, priority, propinquity,
   proscenium, proximity, purlieus, vicinage, vicinity,
   window dressing

[4] : Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)

foreground vt. unix; common to bring a task to the top of one's
   stack for immediate processing, and hackers often use it in this sense
   for non-computer tasks. "if your presentation is due next week, i guess
   i'd better foreground writing up the design document."

   technically, on a time-sharing system, a task executing in foreground
   is one able to accept input from and return output to the user; oppose
   background. nowadays this term is primarily associated with unix,
   but it appears first to have been used in this sense on os/360.
   normally, there is only one foreground task per terminal or terminal
   window; having multiple processes simultaneously reading the keyboard
   is a good way to lose.


see also:
stack background unix lose 

[5] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

foreground
     
        unix on a time-sharing system, a task executing in
        foreground is one able to accept input from and return output
        to the user in contrast to one running in the background.
        nowadays this term is primarily associated with unix, but it
        appears first to have been used in this sense on os/360.
        normally, there is only one foreground task per terminal or
        terminal window.  having multiple processes simultaneously
        reading the keyboard is confusing.
     
        jargon file
     
        1994-10-24
     
     
see also:
time-sharing background unix os/360 jargon file 

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...Welcome to the Long Foreground Student Module. INDEX. Click on a topic ... ..
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Document specific background and foreground control
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...21.3 All Foreground IP capable of vesting in accordance with Clause 21. ... If the Foreground or Background IP is to be used in countries other ... ..
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Dictionary.com/foreground
...foreground is one able to accept input from and return output. to the ... foreground is one able to accept input from and return output to the. ... ..
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=foreground, score=30, date indexed=November 8, 2005, 7:03 am

Document specific background and foreground control
...was not also specified, then any of the foreground controlling ... you are going to need to also control the foreground to establish the ... ..
http://www.netscape.com/assist/net_sites/bg/index.html, score=26, date indexed=December 21, 2005, 3:20 am

Foreground-Background Pattern
...... you must foreground in order to block that you do not foreground when ... and others in the background. Some voices will be foreground and ... ..
http://www.neurosemantics.com/Stuttering/foreground-background.htm, score=25, date indexed=January 20, 2006, 6:28 pm

Pattern of the Month Page
...The Foreground - Background Process. The Foreground-Background process ... of consciousness. The Foreground-Background process has a very subtle ... ..
http://www.nlpu.com/Patterns/patt12.htm, score=25, date indexed=December 11, 2005, 11:39 am

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