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==Full Title==
A [[Foreground process]] is a computer program with [[User Experience]] components.

==Context==
*Computer systems typically interact with users (or with other process) interactively. The part of the system that is reacting to these external events it typically called the [[Foreground process]] which the other parts of the system are referred to as the [[Background process]].

==Problems==

==Solutions==
==Smartphones==
Most current versions of [[Smart Phone]]s now include the ability to start background processes. Due to hardware limits, background processes on mobile operating systems are often restricted to certain tasks or consumption levels. On [[Android (operating system)|Android]], CPU use for background processes is bounded at 5 - 10%.<ref name="phone"> Matt Buchanan ''giz-explains-how-multitasking-works-on-a-phone'' Gizmodo (2010-04-21) https://gizmodo.com/5527407/ https://web.archive.org/web/20101017123040/http://gizmodo.com/5527407/giz-explains-how-multitasking-works-on-a-phone</ref> Third-party applications on Apple's [[iOS]] are limited to a subset of functions while running in the background. On both iOS and Android, background processes can be killed by the system if they are using too much memory.

==References==

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-* Computer systems typically interact with users (or with other process) as seamlessly as possible.  Successful computer systems give the user the illusion that it is responsive solely to their objectives. The part of the system that is reacting to these external events it typically called the [[Foreground process]] which the other parts of the system are referred to as the [[Background process]].
+* Computer systems typically interact with users (or with other process) as seamlessly as possible.  Successful computer systems give the user the illusion that it is responsive solely to their objectives. The part of the system that is reacting to these external events it typically called the [[Foreground process]] while the other parts of the system are referred to as the [[Background process]].
 * The scope of this page is limited to the parts of a computer system running in the user context and ignores processes running in the kernel context, such as interrupt handlers.

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 ==Context==
-* Computer systems typically interact with users (or with other process) interactively. The part of the system that is reacting to these external events it typically called the [[Foreground process]] which the other parts of the system are referred to as the [[Background process]].
+* Computer systems typically interact with users (or with other process) as seamlessly as possible.  Successful computer systems give the user the illusion that it is responsive solely to their objectives. The part of the system that is reacting to these external events it typically called the [[Foreground process]] which the other parts of the system are referred to as the [[Background process]].
 * The scope of this page is limited to the parts of a computer system running in the user context and ignores processes running in the kernel context, such as interrupt handlers.

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 ==Context==
 * Computer systems typically interact with users (or with other process) interactively. The part of the system that is reacting to these external events it typically called the [[Foreground process]] which the other parts of the system are referred to as the [[Background process]].
-* The scope of this page is limited to the parts of a computer system running in the user context and ignores processes running in the kernel context, such as interrupt processes.
+* The scope of this page is limited to the parts of a computer system running in the user context and ignores processes running in the kernel context, such as interrupt handlers.
 ==Problems==

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 * In a client computer the [[Foreground process]]es are those that are specifically tuned to create a good [[User Experience]].
 * In a server computer the [[Foreground process]]es are those that are specifically tuned to be responsive to external [[API]] requests from other computers.
-* In this simple model, the [[Web Site]] [[Foreground process]]es are those that respond to HTTP requests from a [[User Agent]], which exposes the [[User Experience]].
+* In this simple model, the [[Web Site]] [[Foreground process]]es are those that respond to HTTP requests from a [[User Agent]], which renders the HTTP responses into a [[User Experience]].
 ===Smartphones===

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 ==Solutions==
-* In a client computer the [[Foreground process]es are those that are specifically tuned to create a good [[User Experience]].
+* In a client computer the [[Foreground process]]es are those that are specifically tuned to create a good [[User Experience]].
-* In a server computer the [[Foreground process]es are those that are specifically tuned to be responsive to external [[API]] requests from other computers.
+* In a server computer the [[Foreground process]]es are those that are specifically tuned to be responsive to external [[API]] requests from other computers.
 * In this simple model, the [[Web Site]] [[Foreground process]]es are those that respond to HTTP requests from a [[User Agent]], which exposes the [[User Experience]].