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noun

scenery hung at back of stage

Words in this synset: backdrop, backcloth
noun

the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale

noun

(computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear

Words in this synset: desktop, screen_background
noun

the display that is electronically created on the surface of the large end of a cathode-ray tube

noun

the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures

noun

any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors

noun

information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem

Words in this synset: background_knowledge
noun

knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction

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