Background may refer to:
Performing arts and stagecraft Background actor Background artist Background light Background music Background story Background vocals Background (play), a 1950 play by Warren Chetham-Strode
Recorded works Background (1953 film), a British drama Background (1973 film), a documentary Background (TV series), a Canadian journalistic television series Background (Lifetime album), 1992 Background (Bassi Maestro album), 2002
Science and engineering Background extinction rate Background independence, a condition in theoretical physics Background noise Background radiation, the natural radiation that is always present in a location Background (astronomy), small amounts of light coming from otherwise dark parts of the sky Cosmic background (disambiguation) Gravitational wave background X-ray background Background process, software that is running but not being displayed String background Computer wallpaper
Other uses Background (journalism) Cultural heritage Ethnic background Field (heraldry), background of a shield Natural heritage Provenance
See also Backgrounding, a way of feeding livestock before selling them Figure and ground (disambiguation) Foreground and background (disambiguation) Heritage (disambiguation)