background angl.

bakɡʁund

Definition

Definition of background - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

arrière-planpartie située derrière le sujet principal dans une image

Le background de cette photo est très coloré.

arrière-plan

décor

fond

contexteensemble des informations qui expliquent une situation

Il faut connaître le background de cette affaire pour comprendre.

cadre

contexte

situation

informatique

TECH.

structure technique existante avant un nouveau développement

TECH.

Le background du système permet d'ajouter de nouvelles fonctions.

architecture

infrastructure

système

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Origin of background

anglais, back (arrière) + ground (terrain)

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COBE

acr.

acr: Cosmic Background Explorer

satellite qui étudie le rayonnement de l'univers

Examples of background in a sentence

Le background sombre met en valeur le sujet principal.
Le background du projet reste inconnu pour beaucoup.
Sans background, l'analyse serait incomplète.
Le background informatique doit être mis à jour avant l'installation.
Ce logiciel nécessite un background solide pour fonctionner correctement.

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English:background, contextual information, ...
German:Hintergrund, Vorgeschichte, ...
Italian:sfondo, contesto, ...
Spanish:fondo, antecedentes, ...
Portuguese:fundo, contexto, ...
Chinese:背景, 背景资料, ...
Japanese:背景, 基盤システム, ...
Arabic:الخلفية, خلفية, ...
Hebrew:רֶקַע, הֶקְשֵׁר, ...
Russian:задний план, предыстория, ...
Ukrainian:задній план, бекґраунд, ...
Catalan:fons, context, ...
Danish:baggrund, kontekst, ...
Dutch:achtergrond, situatieschets, ...
Greek:φόντο, πλαίσιο, ...
Hungarian:háttér, előzmény, ...
Khmer:ផ្ទៃខាងក្រោយ, បរិបទ, ...
Korean:배경, 배경지식, ...
Polish:tło, kontekst, ...
Portuguese (BR):fundo, contexto, ...
Romanian:fundal, context, ...
Swedish:bakgrund, kontext, ...
Thai:ฉากหลัง, ภูมิหลัง, ...
Turkish:arka plan, geçmiş bilgi, ...
Vietnamese:phông nền, bối cảnh, ...

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