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 Synchronous Idle (SYN), the idle command to synchronize terminals System Idle Process 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, 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 (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 Video games Idle game, another name for an incremental game 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) Idles (disambiguation) Idol (disambiguation) Idyl (disambiguation)