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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
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