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) Idling refers to running a vehicle's engine and the vehicle is not in motion, or when the vehicle drops to its resting point of RPMs. This commonly occurs when drivers are stopped at a red light, waiting while parked outside a business or resid ...

, engine running without load **

Idle speed Idling refers to running a vehicle's engine and the vehicle is not in motion, or when the vehicle drops to its resting point of RPMs. This commonly occurs when drivers are stopped at a red light, waiting while parked outside a business or resid ...

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 The C0 and C1 control code or control character sets define control codes for use in text by computer systems that use ASCII and derivatives of ASCII. The codes represent additional information about the text, such as the position of a cursor, a ...

(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 Idle generally refers to idleness, a lack of motion or energy. Idle or ''idling'', may also refer to: Technology * Idle (engine), engine running without load ** Idle speed * Idle (CPU), CPU non-utilisation or low-priority mode ** Synchronou ...

, 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 notifications. Significance The IDLE feature allows IMAP email users to immediately receive any mail ...

, 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 The River Idle is a river in Nottinghamshire, England, formed by the confluence of the River Maun and the River Meden near Markham Moor. It flows north from its source through Retford and Bawtry before joining the River Trent at West Stockwi ...

, a river flowing through Nottinghamshire, England

People

* Mrs. Idle (born 1940), a stagename for Australian actress Lyn Ashley *

Christopher Idle (politician) Christopher Idle (1771 – 8 March 1819) was a British politician. He was a Member of Parliament for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis from 1813 to 1818. Idle was born in Penrith, Cumbria, and was elected to parliament in a by-election on 9 June 18 ...

(1771–1819), British politician *

Christopher Idle (hymnwriter) Christopher Martin Idle (born 11 September 1938) is a British hymnodist. Life Idle was born in Bromley, Kent, and was educated at Eltham College. After leaving school, he spent three years in various forms of employment, as well as becoming i ...

(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 I-dle (; stylized in all lowercase), formerly known as (G)I-dle (), is a South Korean girl group formed by Cube Entertainment in 2018. The group consists of five members: Miyeon, Minnie, Soyeon, Yuqi, and Shuhua. Originally a sextet ensembl ...

, 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 A benign tumor is a mass of cells (tumor) that does not invade neighboring tissue or metastasize (spread throughout the body). Compared to malignant (cancerous) tumors, benign tumors generally have a slower growth rate. Benign tumors have rel ...

(IDLE), a classification of cancers