Idle generally refers to

idleness Idleness is a lack of motion or energy. In describing a person, ''idle'' suggests having no labor: "idly passing the day". In physics, an idle machine exerts no transfer of energy. When a vehicle is not in motion, an idling engine does no use ...

, a lack of motion or energy. Idle or ''idling'', may also refer to:

Technology

* Idle (engine), engine running without load ** Idle speed *

Idle (CPU) Idle is a state that a computer processor is in when it is not being used by any program. Every program or task that runs on a computer system occupies a certain amount of processing time on the CPU. If the CPU has completed all tasks it is idle ...

, CPU non-utilisation or low-priority mode ** Synchronous Idle (SYN), the idle command to synchronize terminals **

System Idle Process In Windows NT operating systems, the System Idle Process contains one or more kernel threads which run when no other runnable thread can be scheduled on a CPU. In a multiprocessor system, there is one idle thread associated with each CPU core. ...

* Idle (programming language), a dialect of Lua * IDLE, an integrated development environment for the Python programming language * IMAP IDLE, an IMAP feature where an email server actively notifies a client application when new mail has arrived

Places

* Idle (GNR) railway station, in Idle, West Yorkshire * Idle (L&BR) railway station, in Idle, West Yorkshire *

Idle, West Yorkshire Idle is a residential suburban area in the city of Bradford, West Yorkshire, in the north-east of the city. Historically it was a separate village, and before that it was the Manor of Idle. Idle is about 5 miles (8 km) north of the centr ...

, UK; a suburb of Bradford, England ** Idle railway station * Idle and Thackley, a ward in Bradford Metropolitan District in the county of West Yorkshire, England, UK ** Idle railway station (Leeds and Bradford Railway) * River Idle, a river flowing through Nottinghamshire, England

People

* Mrs. Idle (born 1940), a stagename for Australian actress Lyn Ashley * Christopher Idle (politician) (1771–1819), British politician * Christopher Idle (hymnwriter) (born 1938), British hymnodist *

Eric Idle Eric Idle (born 29 March 1943) is an English actor, comedian, songwriter, musician, screenwriter and playwright. He was a member of the British comedy group Monty Python and the parody rock band the Rutles. Idle studied English at Pembroke Co ...

(born 1943), a comedian, sketch writer, and actor, member of Monty Python * Graham Idle (born 1950), British rugby footballer

Entertainment

Music

* ''Idle'', a 2000 demo album by the band Daylight Dies * I-dle, a South Korean girl group

Video games

* IDLE, a group of characters in the 2024 Nintendo Switch game '' Mario & Luigi: Brothership'' * Idle game, another name for an

incremental game An incremental game (also known as an idle game, clicker game, or tap game) is a video game genre centered on minimal gameplay, player interaction, where simple actions—such as clicking a button—generate in-game currency. Players use this cur ...

Other uses

* Indolent lesions of epithelial origin (IDLE), a classification of cancers