Idle generally refers to idleness, a lack of motion or energy.
Idle or idling, may also refer to:
Technology
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Idle (engine), engine running without load
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Idle (CPU), CPU non-utilisation or low-priority mode
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Synchronous Idle (SYN), the idle command to synchronize terminals
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System Idle Process
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Idle (programming language), a dialect of Lua
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IDLE, an integrated development environment for the Python programming language
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IMAP IDLE, an IMAP feature where an email server actively notifies a client application when new mail has arrived
Places
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Idle (GNR) railway station, in Idle, West Yorkshire
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Idle (L&BR) railway station, in Idle, West Yorkshire
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Idle, West Yorkshire, UK; a suburb of Bradford, England
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Idle and Thackley, a ward in Bradford Metropolitan District in the county of West Yorkshire, England, UK
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Idle railway station (Leeds and Bradford Railway)
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River Idle, a river flowing through Nottinghamshire, England
People
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Mrs. Idle (born 1940), a stagename for Australian actress Lyn Ashley
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Christopher Idle (politician) (1771–1819), British politician
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Christopher Idle (hymnwriter) (born 1938), British hymnodist
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Eric Idle (born 1943), a comedian, sketch writer, and actor, member of Monty Python
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Graham Idle (born 1950), British rugby footballer
Entertainment
Music
Video games
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IDLE, a group of characters in the 2024 Nintendo Switch game
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Idle game, another name for an incremental game
Other uses
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Indolent lesions of epithelial origin (IDLE), a classification of cancers
See also
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Adle
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Christopher Idle (disambiguation)
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Ideal (disambiguation)
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Idel (disambiguation)
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Idle Hour (disambiguation)
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Idler (disambiguation)
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Idles (disambiguation)
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Idol (disambiguation)
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Idyl (disambiguation)