noun
- The execution of a program that preempts the use of the processing system.
- synonyms: foreground processing
verb
- Move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent.
- usage: "The introduction highlighted the speaker's distinguished career in linguistics"
- synonyms: foreground, highlight, spotlight, play up
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