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Idle generally refers to
idleness Idleness is a lack of Motion (physics), motion or energy. In describing a person, idle means the act of nothing or no Work (human activity), work (for example: "John Smith is an idle person"). A person who spends his or her days doing nothing cou ...
, a lack of motion or energy. Idle or ''idling'', may also refer to:


Technology

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Idle (engine) Idling refers to running a vehicle's engine when the vehicle is not in motion. This commonly occurs when drivers are stopped at a red light, waiting while parked outside a business or residence, or otherwise stationary with the engine running. Wh ...
, engine running without load **
Idle speed Idling refers to running a vehicle's engine when the vehicle is not in motion. This commonly occurs when drivers are stopped at a red light, waiting while parked outside a business or residence, or otherwise stationary with the engine running. Wh ...
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Idle (CPU) A computer processor is described as idle 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. Mode ...
, CPU non-utilisation or low-priority mode ** Synchronous Idle (SYN), the idle command to synchronize terminals ** System Idle Process * Idle (programming language), a dialect of
Lua Lua or LUA may refer to: Science and technology * Lua (programming language) * Latvia University of Agriculture * Last universal ancestor, in evolution Ethnicity and language * Lua people, of Laos * Lawa people, of Thailand sometimes referred t ...
* IDLE, an integrated development environment for the Python programming language *
IMAP IDLE In email technology, IDLE is an IMAP feature described iRFC 2177that allows a client to indicate to the server that it is ready to accept real-time Real-time or real time describes various operations in computing or other processes that must guar ...
, 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 England and was a separate village, and before that it was the Manor of Idle. Idle is loosely bordered by the areas of Eccleshill, West Yorkshire, Eccleshill, Wros ...
, UK; a suburb of Bradford, England ** Idle railway station *
Idle and Thackley Idle and Thackley is a Ward (politics), ward within the City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council in the county of West Yorkshire, England, named after the villages of Idle, West Yorkshire, Idle and Thackley around which it is drawn. The ...
, a ward in Bradford Metropolitan District in the county of West Yorkshire, England, UK ** Idle railway station (Leeds and Bradford Railway) *
River Idle The River Idle is a river in Nottinghamshire, England whose source is the confluence of the River Maun and River Meden near Markham Moor. The Idle flows north from its source through Retford and Bawtry before entering the River Trent at West ...
, a river flowing through Nottinghamshire, England


People

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Mrs. Idle Lyn Ashley (born Lynette Rumble; 18 March 1940) is an Australian actress who worked in the United Kingdom on television during the 1960s. Early life Ashley was born Lynette Rumble in Townsville, Queensland, on 18 March 1940. She is the daughte ...
(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 (born 1943), a comedian, sketch writer, and actor, member of Monty Python *
Graham Idle Graham Idle (10 March 1950) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s. He played at club level for Bramley, Wakefield Trinity ( Heritage № 812), Bradford Northern, Hunslet, Rochdale Hornets, ...
(born 1950), British rugby footballer


Entertainment


Music

* ''Idle'', a 2000 demo album by the band Daylight Dies


Video games

* Idle game, another name for an
incremental game Incremental games, also known as clicker games, clicking games (on PCs) or tap games (in mobile games), are video games whose gameplay consists of the player performing simple actions such as clicking on the screen repeatedly. This "grinding" ear ...
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Other uses

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


See also

* * * Adle * Christopher Idle (disambiguation) * Ideal (disambiguation) * Idel (disambiguation) * Idle Hour (disambiguation) *
Idler (disambiguation) The Idler refers to someone idle: * An idle game * A slacker, a person who habitually avoids work * Idler-wheel, a system used to transmit the rotation of the main shaft of a motor to another rotating device * Idler circuit, a circuit in a param ...
* Idles (disambiguation) * Idol (disambiguation) * Idyl (disambiguation) {{Disambiguation