priority processing

English Thesaurus

1. data processing in which the operations performed are determined by a system of priorities (noun.process)

hypernym	:	data processing,
definition	:	(computer science) a series of operations on data by a computer in order to retrieve or transform or classify information (noun.process)

hyponym	:	background processing, backgrounding,
definition	:	the execution of low priority programs while higher priority programs are not using the processing system (noun.process)

hyponym	:	foreground processing, foregrounding,
definition	:	the execution of a program that preempts the use of the processing system (noun.process)