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Sound other than the sound being monitored (primary sound)
Background noise or ambient noise is any sound other than the sound being monitored (primary sound). Background noise is a form of noise pollution or interference
Background_noise
Network traffic lacking a routable destination
Internet background noise (IBN), also known as Internet background radiation (IBR, by analogy with natural background radiation), consists of data packets
Internet_background_noise
Method for reducing unwanted sound
Adaptive algorithms are designed to analyze the waveform of the background aural or nonaural noise, then, based on the specific algorithm, generate a signal
Active_noise_control
Ratio of the desired signal to the background noise
Signal-to-noise ratio (SNR or S/N) is a measure used in science and engineering that compares the level of a desired signal to the level of background noise. SNR
Signal-to-noise_ratio
Synthetic background noise
Comfort noise (or comfort tone) is synthetic background noise used in radio and wireless communications to fill the artificial silence in a transmission
Comfort_noise
Power spectrum of a noise signal
of noise or noise spectrum refers to the power spectrum of a noise signal (a signal produced by a stochastic process). Different colors of noise have
Colors_of_noise
Excessive displeasing noise
Noise pollution, is the propagation of noise or sound with potential harmful effects on humans and animals. The main sources of outdoor noise worldwide
Noise_pollution
ignition systems, and cannot improve performance on wideband continuous background noise, or interfering signals on the same frequency. In cases where there
Noise_blanker
Aspect of the history of modern physical cosmology
invited him to Bell Labs to look at the horn antenna and listen to the background noise. Dicke, Peebles, Wilkinson and P. G. Roll interpreted this radiation
Discovery of cosmic microwave background radiation
Discovery_of_cosmic_microwave_background_radiation
Headphones with active noise control
noise by generating sound waves that interfere destructively with incoming sounds. They are commonly used in environments with persistent background noise
Noise-cancelling_headphones
US-based audio processing company
audio signal and separate the speech from background noise, allowing the speech to be output in clear, noise-free audio. This technology has a wide range
Krisp
In signal processing, unwanted modifications to a signal
Black noise Gaussian noise Pink noise or flicker noise, with 1/f power spectrum Brownian noise, with 1/f2 power spectrum Contaminated Gaussian noise, whose
Noise_(signal_processing)
Process of removing noise from a signal
Noise reduction is the process of removing noise from a signal. Noise reduction techniques exist for audio and images. Noise reduction algorithms may distort
Noise_reduction
Type of signal in signal processing
The effects of white noise upon cognitive function are mixed. A small study published in 2007 found that white noise background stimulation improves cognitive
White_noise
Low-frequency noise not audible to all people
study of fifty cases of people complaining about a "low throbbing background noise" that others were unable to hear. The sound, always peaking between
The_Hum
Machine learning model for speech
used in its development has led to improved recognition of accents, background noise, and jargon compared to previous approaches. While the model does not
Whisper (speech recognition system)
Whisper_(speech_recognition_system)
Unwanted sound
perceived. Association of Noise Consultants Background noise Colors of noise Impulse noise (acoustics) International Noise Awareness Day Intonarumori
Noise
Display on TV and radios due to causes such as there being no signal
microwave background radiation, or more localized radio wave noise from nearby electronic devices. The display device itself is also a source of noise, partly
Noise_(video)
Developmental or acquired neurological disorders
characterised by difficulty in hearing speech in the presence of background noise. This is essentially a failure or impairment of the cocktail party
Auditory_processing_disorder
Background sound pressure level
and noise pollution, ambient noise level (sometimes called background noise level, reference sound level, or room noise level) is the background sound
Ambient_noise_level
Topics referred to by the same term
2002 Background extinction rate Background independence, a condition in theoretical physics Background noise Background radiation, the natural radiation
Background
Audio processing device
control unwanted noise from their guitar amplification systems. Band-limited noise gates are also used to eliminate background noise from audio recordings
Noise_gate
Vibrations with frequencies lower than 20 hertz
Electret-based technology offers the lowest possible background noise, because Johnson noise generated in the supporting electronics (preamplifier)
Infrasound
Information theory quantity
all the other interfering signals) and the power of some background noise. If the power of noise term is zero, then the SINR reduces to the signal-to-interference
Signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio
Signal-to-interference-plus-noise_ratio
Trace radiation from the early universe
The cosmic microwave background (CMB, CMBR), or relic radiation, is microwave radiation that fills all space in the observable universe. With a standard
Cosmic_microwave_background
2025 mobile operating system
podcast episode audio by emphasizing speakers' voices and reducing background noise and music. It is located in the menu that appears to adjust the podcast
IOS_26
Music genre
Noise music (or simply noise) is a subgenre of experimental music that is characterised by its use of unwanted noise as a primary musical element. The
Noise_music
Varying physical quantity that conveys information
The reduction of noise is covered in part under the heading of signal integrity. The separation of desired signals from background noise is the field of
Signal
Type of contact microphone
not function well under these conditions because of high levels of background noise. Advanced laryngophones are able to pick up whispers, and therefore
Throat_microphone
Speech comprehensibility measure
too loud) and quality of the speech signal, the type and level of background noise, reverberation (some reflections but not too many), and, for speech
Intelligibility (communication)
Intelligibility_(communication)
1977 film by David Lynch
as presaging the dark ambient music genre, and its presentation of background noise and non-musical cues has been described by Pitchfork's Mark Richardson
Eraserhead
2007 Indian film by Aamir Khan
character's peace of mind—overpowers the background noise to show that Ishaan is lost in his own world; the noise becomes louder after he snaps back to reality
Taare_Zameen_Par
Wireless earbuds produced by Apple
to playing audio, the AirPods contain a microphone that filters out background noise as well as built-in accelerometers and optical sensors capable of detecting
AirPods
Characterisation of background noise
Noise curves are a common way to characterise background noise in unoccupied buildings and spaces. Their purpose is to produce a single-value representation
Noise_curve
Brain capacity to filter out stimuli
listening task. His work reveals that the ability to separate sounds from background noise is affected by many variables, such as the sex of the speaker, the
Cocktail_party_effect
Electroacoustic device
eliminating the effects of distance and background noise. FM systems have shown to give the best speech understanding in noise of all available technologies. FM
Hearing_aid
Type of phased-array radar
range of frequencies, which makes them more difficult to detect over background noise, allowing ships and aircraft to radiate powerful radar signals while
Active electronically scanned array
Active_electronically_scanned_array
Logarithmic unit expressing the ratio of physical quantities
the background noise alone is measured as 83 dBA. [...] the machine noise [level (alone)] may be obtained by 'subtracting' the 83 dBA background noise from
Decibel
Line of noise-reduction systems for audio-tape recording
When recording a signal on magnetic tape, there is a low level of noise in the background which sounds like hissing, known as tape hiss. One way to make
Dolby_noise-reduction_system
is the background seismic signals. Given that the ambient noises have low frequencies in general, the further classification of ambient noise include
Subsurface mapping by ambient noise tomography
Subsurface_mapping_by_ambient_noise_tomography
Heart rate measuring algorithm used in ECGs
frequency content of this rapid heart depolarization and removes the background noise. Then, it squares the signal to amplify the QRS contribution, which
Pan–Tompkins_algorithm
2004 speech by Howard Dean
unidirectional microphone Dean was holding that significantly decreased the background noise. Taking off his jacket and rolling up the sleeves of his blue shirt
Dean_scream
Psychological consequence of overuse of alarms
back-up alarms sound so frequently that they often become senseless background noise), healthcare (where electronic monitors tracking clinical information
Alarm_fatigue
Topics referred to by the same term
communication Internet background noise, data packets addressed to IP addresses or ports where there is no device to receive them Meta noise, irrelevant metadata
Noise_(disambiguation)
Unwanted radio frequency signals
what is referred to as electromagnetic compatibility (EMC). Cosmic background noise is experienced at frequencies above about 15 MHz when highly directional
Radio_noise
Exterior structure on infrastructure used to prevent loud sounds from escaping
A noise barrier (also called a soundwall, noise wall, sound berm, sound barrier, or acoustical barrier) is an exterior structure designed to protect inhabitants
Noise_barrier
Detection of the presence or absence of human speech
speech in the presence of a range of very diverse types of acoustic background noise. In these difficult detection conditions it is often preferable that
Voice_activity_detection
Generic name for a relatively persistent vibration of the ground
sea-floor. The amplitude of seismic noise vibrations is typically in the order of 0.1 to 10 μm/s. High and low background noise models as a function of frequency
Seismic_noise
Microphone in a soundproof mask
a person to speak without being heard by other people, and to keep background noise away from the microphone. A stenomask is useful for speech recognition
Stenomask
American Sound Artist and Theorist
University of Bergen since 2011. LaBelle is best known for his books Background Noise: Perspectives on Sound Art and Acoustic Territories: Sound Culture
Brandon_LaBelle
Safety feature
the Technical University of Munich showed that ordinary vehicles in background noise are often detected too late for safe accident avoidance. The researchers
Electric vehicle warning sounds
Electric_vehicle_warning_sounds
Basic noise model used in information theory
Additive white Gaussian noise (AWGN) is a basic noise model used in information theory to mimic the effect of many random processes that occur in nature
Additive_white_Gaussian_noise
Wireless earbuds produced by Apple
AirPods, such as a microphone. They also have noise cancellation to reduce exterior sounds background noise, accelerometers and optical sensors that can
AirPods_Pro
increased by 10 dB before averaging. This noise is weighted to take into account the decrease in community background noise of 10 dB during this period. While
Day-night_average_sound_level
Level of background noise in a signal
noise floor is the measure of the signal created from the sum of all the noise sources and unwanted signals within a measurement system, where noise is
Noise_floor
1967 film by Jacques Tati
French, English, and German, is frequently reduced to the level of background noise. While it was a commercial failure on its original release, Playtime
Playtime
Types of noise
criteria for vehicles Traffic noise, including roadway noise and train noise Artificial noise, in spectator sports Background noise, in acoustics, any sound
Noise_(spectral_phenomenon)
Theater standard and American audio company founded in 1983 by George Lucas
(to allow center channel continuity), and NC30 rating for background noise ("ensures noise from air conditioning units and projection equipment does not
THX
Paranormal terminology and recordings
paranormal phenomenon often found in recordings with static or other background noise. Scientists regard EVP as a form of auditory pareidolia (interpreting
Electronic_voice_phenomenon
Principle in theoretical physics
fluctuations in spatial position that would lead to apparent background noise or "holographic noise" measurable at gravitational wave detectors, in particular
Holographic_principle
Medical condition
repeated noise exposure (such as loud music or background noise) or suddenly from exposure to impulse noise, which is a short high intensity noise (such
Noise-induced_hearing_loss
receiving end of the network. When one of the parties does not speak, background noise is picked up and sent over the network. This is inefficient as this
Silence_suppression
Soundscape of a given location or space
similar to presence, but is distinguished by the existence of explicit background noise in ambience recordings, as opposed to the perceived "silence" of presence
Ambience_(sound_recording)
Class of multivalued deterministic logic schemes
orthogonal also to any background noises in the hardware. Therefore, the noise-based logic concept is robust against background noises, which is a property
Noise-based_logic
Canadian musician (born 1966)
"Peaches Performed on 'Orphan Black' Last Night, Providing Blissful Queer Background Noise". Flavorwire. Retrieved 16 January 2026. "I Feel Cream release date"
Peaches_(musician)
New York kidnapping case
with a knife was from a previously made recording based on a lack of background noise. On January 13, 1993, 17 days after the kidnapping, Esposito confessed
Kidnapping_of_Katie_Beers
1977 narrowband radio signal from SETI
intensity between 30 and 31), which is thirty standard deviations above background noise. John Kraus, the director of the observatory, gave a value of 1420
Wow!_signal
Means to measure signal processing ability
random patterns that distract from the information (called noise, consisting of background stimuli and random activity of the detection machine and of
Detection_theory
Local pressure deviation caused by a sound wave
environmental measurements of "background" noise, distance need not be quoted, as no single source is present, but when measuring the noise level of a specific piece
Sound_pressure
Fictional character in the novel Catch-22
involving technical acts of treason, it is drowned out and censored by background noise. Joseph Heller intentionally seeded Catch 22 with "anachronisms like
Milo_Minderbinder
Post-production process used in filmmaking and video production
filmmakers to replace unclear dialogue if there are issues with the script, background noise, or the original recording. The term "dubbing" also commonly refers
Dubbing
NASA probe of the Sun's outer corona
for the determination of the particle's direction and helps reduce background noise. Charged particles are identified by measuring how deep they travel
Parker_Solar_Probe
Type of accidental phone call
pocket or handbag. The recipient of the call typically hears random background noise when answering the phone. If the caller remains unaware, the recipient
Pocket_dialing
Performing in public places for gratuities or to be seen only
places with large volumes of pedestrian traffic, high visibility, low background noise and as few elements of interference as possible. Good locations may
Street_performance
Species of bird
loudly in urban or near-urban environments, in order to overcome the background noise. The most characteristic feature of the song is a loud whistling crescendo
Common_nightingale
Lowest quantity observable with sufficient confidence above the background
a signal significantly emerges above the continuously fluctuating background noise remains arbitrary and is a matter of policy and often of debate among
Detection_limit
Methods to make 2-way voice communications clear
will transmit greater amounts of background noise, making the user's voice harder to hear, or even distorted. Noise-cancelling microphones can assist
Radiotelephony_procedure
Structure in the brain
attention towards the most behaviorally relevant stimuli amongst the background noise. The claustrum is difficult to study given the limited number of individuals
Claustrum
detection include background noise, high detection rates, neutron neutrality, and low neutron energies. The main components of background noise in neutron detection
Neutron_detection
Internet aesthetic capturing empty and often transitional places
stink of old moist carpet, the madness of mono-yellow, the endless background noise of fluorescent lights at maximum hum-buzz, and approximately six hundred
Liminal_space_(aesthetic)
Medical condition
in turn affects the ability to understand speech in the presence of background noise. People with spatial hearing loss have difficulty processing speech
Spatial_hearing_loss
Assistive listening technology
aid user to hear the phone conversation clearly without picking up background noise. From this, the natural development was to generate electromagnetic
Audio_induction_loop
Royal Navy torpedo deployed in 1992
processing enable Spearfish to accurately discriminate targets from background noise and ensure high resistance to acoustic countermeasures and/or evasive
Spearfish_torpedo
Signal boosting phenomenon using white noise
amplifying other portions of the noise. The nonlinear system, immersed in a certain level of stochastic background noise, becomes sensitive to external
Stochastic_resonance
design to the IE2 earphones. Ambient noise sensing automatically adjusts the volume level based on background noise so that, in theory, the user should
List of discontinued Bose headphones
List_of_discontinued_Bose_headphones
1974 film by Francis Ford Coppola
whom they record walking in circles in Union Square. Despite the background noise, Harry filters and merges the tapes to create a clear recording with
The_Conversation
Amplifier applied on high frequency signals coming from an antenna
present at the antenna, and the noise. Typical signal noises include: ambient background noise (electric brush noise from electric motors, high voltage
Antenna_amplifier
Instructions for the x86 microprocessors
instructions to create a blurred or custom background behind video chat participants, and for background noise suppression. simdjson, a JSON parsing library
Advanced_Vector_Extensions
Audio recording using magnetic tape spooled on open reels
increased background noise (hiss), more noticeable dropouts where there are flaws in the magnetic tape, and shifting of the (Gaussian) background noise spectrum
Reel-to-reel audio tape recording
Reel-to-reel_audio_tape_recording
New radar technology
filter out deliberate jamming attempts, and operate in areas of high background noise, e.g., due to ground clutter. Related to the above, there is considerable
Quantum_radar
Perception of meaningful patterns or images in random or vague stimuli
religious imagery in natural phenomena Signal-to-noise ratio – Ratio of the desired signal to the background noise "pareidolia". Lexico US English Dictionary
Pareidolia
2025 comedy-horror film by Todd Rohal
"a movie you can toss on to laugh at with friends before it becomes background noise." Bloody Disgusting scored it 1.5 out of 5 and The Joy of Movies scored
Fuck_My_Son!
Microscope observing a thin depth of a cell
there is inherently less background noise and artifacts. However, there are still other noises and artifacts such as poisson noise, optical aberrations,
Total internal reflection fluorescence microscope
Total_internal_reflection_fluorescence_microscope
One of three gyri of the temporal lobe of the brain
speech stream wasn’t disrupted by background noise a bilateral connection was displayed, but as more background noise was introduced the connection became
Superior_temporal_gyrus
2013 studio album by Kacey Musgraves
and her collaborators went to a Waffle House, where Laird recorded background noise with his iPhone to evoke a greasy spoon diner. "Back on the Map" was
Same_Trailer_Different_Park
General page for sound tolerance
has focused on noise sensitivity, individual differences in the level of annoyance caused by background noise such as traffic. This noise sensitivity research
Auditory_hypersensitivity
Single discharge of a gun
typically exhibit diurnal noise patterns where background noise is higher during the daytime and lower at night and the noise floor directly correlates
Gunshot
White noise website and app
MyNoise (stylised as myNoise) is a white noise website and app created by Stéphane Pigeon. It offers many different natural soundscapes, as well as synthetic
MyNoise
American alternative rock band
was Radiohead; on one of their songs off the record Kid A there is a background noise on the song "Everything in Its Right Place" (about 2 minutes 31 seconds
Anberlin
Global electromagnetic resonances, generated and excited by lightning discharges
techniques were available to extract the resonance information from the background noise. Since then there has been an increasing interest in Schumann resonances
Schumann_resonances
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Girl/Female
Biblical
The shadow or noise of him that licks or laps.
Girl/Female
Indian
Noise, Sound
Surname or Lastname
German, Dutch, and Jewish (Ashkenazic)
German, Dutch, and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : from Middle High German or Middle Low German banc, or Yiddish bank ‘bench’, ‘table’, ‘counter’, in any of various senses, e.g. a metonymic occupational name for anyone whose work required a bench or counter, for example a butcher, baker, court official, or money changer.Danish and Swedish : topographic name from bank ‘(sand)bank’ or a habitational name from a farm named with this word.Danish and Swedish : from bank ‘noise’, hence a nickname for a loud or noisy person. Compare Bang.Danish : habitational name from the German place name Bänkau.English : probably a variant of Banks.Americanized spelling of Polish Bąk, literally ‘horsefly’; perhaps a nickname for an irritating person.Hungarian (Bánk) : from a pet form of the old secular personal name Bán.
Boy/Male
Biblical
Son of Hadad; or noise.
Boy/Male
Indian, Telugu
A Man with Rich Background
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Sweet Noise
Boy/Male
Czech
Glorious noise.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from a reduced form of Philip.The Phipps family, which holds the titles of marquess of Normanby and earl of Mulgrave, are descended from Constantine Phipps (1656–1723), who was lord chancellor of Ireland. A cousin with a different background, Sir William Phip(p)s (1651–95), was born in ME, where his parents had emigrated. Originally a ship’s carpenter, he rose to become royal governor of MA.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for a noisy or troublesome person, from Anglo-French de(s)rei ‘noise’, ‘trouble’, ‘turbulence’ (from Old French desroi).English : topographic for someone who lived by a deer enclosure, from Old English dēor ‘deer’ + (ge)hæg ‘enclosure’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English gurnard, gurnade ‘gurnard’, ‘gurnet’, a marine fish with a large spiny head, mailed cheeks, and three pectoral rays (genus Trigla), possibly named from French grognard ‘grumbler’, on account of the grunting noise it makes.
Girl/Female
Indian
Resounding, A proclamation, Noise, Fame, Fame
Boy/Male
Biblical
Noise, tumult.
Surname or Lastname
English (Northumberland)
English (Northumberland) : variant of Brace.North German (also Bräss) : nickname from Middle Low German brÄs ‘noise’, ‘pomp’, a related form of brÄsch (see Braasch).German : topographic name from Brass ‘broom’, ‘gorse’, a common name element in the Lower Rhine and Ruhr.
Boy/Male
Biblical
Joy, noise, clamor.
Surname or Lastname
German
German : nickname for a noisy or boisterous person, from Middle High German pral ‘noise’.English : habitational name from Prawle in Devon, probably named with Old English prÄw ‘lookout’ + hyll ‘hill’.
Girl/Female
Biblical
Juniper, noise.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Noise, Sound
Girl/Female
Tamil
Resounding, A proclamation, Noise, Fame, Fame
Girl/Female
Indian
Noise, Sound
Girl/Female
Tamil
Noise, Sound
BACKGROUND NOISE
BACKGROUND NOISE
Boy/Male
Tamil
Glazing
Girl/Female
Indian
Raining Clouds
Girl/Female
Algerian, Arabic, French
Nurse
Boy/Male
Danish, French, German, Swedish
God of Thunder
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Forgiver; Merciful
Surname or Lastname
English (Cornwall)
English (Cornwall) : unexplained.
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Light of Remembrance of God
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian
Like a Goddess
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Variety; Art
Girl/Female
American, British, English
Youthful; Jove's Child; Variant of Gillian from the Masculine Julian
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n.
Great tumult; violent disturbance and noise; noisy confusion; bustle and clamor.
n.
Vociferation; noise; clamor.
imp. & p. p.
of Noise
v. t.
To make of less importance, or throw into the background, by superior excellence; to dwarf; to obscure.
n.
That part of a picture between the foreground and the background.
n.
Ground in the rear or behind, or in the distance, as opposed to the foreground, or the ground in front.
a.
Making, or causing, no noise or bustle; without noise; silent; as, the noiseless foot of time.
n.
The space which is behind and subordinate to a portrait or group of figures.
v. i.
To sound; to make a noise.
n.
A hybrid rose produced in 1817, by a French gardener, Noisette, of Charleston, South Carolina, from the China rose and the musk rose. It has given rise to many fine varieties, as the Lamarque, the Marechal (or Marshal) Niel, and the Cloth of gold. Most roses of this class have clustered flowers and are of vigorous growth.
v. i.
To send up a noise like thunder.
n.
Half relief; sculpture in relief of which the figures project from the background by one half their full roundness.
n.
Anything behind, serving as a foil; as, the statue had a background of red hangings.
n.
The production of an optogram on the retina by the photochemical action of light on the visual purple; the fixation of an image in the eye. The object so photographed shows white on a purple or red background. See Visual purple, under Visual.
v. t.
To represent by a silhouette; to project upon a background, so as to be like a silhouette.
n.
A picture taken on a plate of prepared glass, in which the lights are represented in silver, and the shades are produced by a dark background visible through the unsilvered portions of the glass.
v. t.
To disturb with noise.
a.
Making, or accompanied by, uproar, or noise and tumult; as, uproarious merriment.
v. i.
To boil with a continued bubbling or heaving and rolling, with noise.
n.
A place in obscurity or retirement, or out of sight.