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How to clean launch a GUI app via the Terminal (so it doesn't wait for termination)?

For example, if I want to run Netbeans from the CLI, I can type:

$ /usr/local/netbeans-7.0/bin/netbeans

But by doing this, the command line is rendered useless until Netbeans has been shut down. Hitting CTRL+C to end the process will kill Netbeans and return the command line to the user but how do you launch applications while retaining control of the command line? Is it possible to run a task in the background while still using the command line?