- Industry: Computer; Software
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Apple Inc., formerly Apple Computer, Inc., is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Cupertino, California, that designs, develops, and sells consumer electronics, computer software and personal computers.
The largest unit of a DVD-Video disc (other than the entire volume or side). Usually a movie, TV program, music album, or the like. A disc can hold up to 99 titles, which can be selected from the disc menu.
Industry:Software; Computer
In Xcode, a search type that finds the documents whose titles start with, contain, or match the search term.
Industry:Software; Computer
One of the message distribution center types for J2EE-based applications. Message senders send messages only to topics instead of specific applications, while only the applications interested in receiving messages sent to a particular topic subscribe to the topic and, therefore, receive the messages sent to it. A topic can have one or more subscribers. Any message sent to the topic is broadcasted to all the topic’s subscribers.
Industry:Software; Computer
A Movie Toolbox data structure that represents a single data stream in a QuickTime movie. A movie may contain one or more tracks. Each track is independent of other tracks in the movie and represents its own data stream. Each track has a corresponding media structure, which describes the data for the track. See also channel, event track.
Industry:Software; Computer
(1) In object-oriented languages such as Objective-C and Java, a prototype for a particular kind of object. A class definition declares instance variables and defines methods for all members of the class. Objects that belong to the same class have the same types of instance variables and have access to the same methods (included the instance variables and methods inherited from superclasses). (2) In AppleScript, a category for objects that share characteristics such as properties and elements and respond to the same commands.
Industry:Software; Computer
To make a search index smaller by removing unused bits. Over time, as documents get added to and removed from an index, the index’s disk or memory footprint may grow due to fragmentation. Search Kit includes APIs to check for fragmentation and to compact an index. See also fragmentation.
Industry:Software; Computer
One of two numbers used to track minor version information in a framework. This number marks changes to the public interfaces. The compatibility version typically lags behind the current version. Compare current version.
Industry:Software; Computer
The object in an application designated to receive an AppleScript command.
Industry:Software; Computer
(1) A part of a software product that resides at a distinct location in the file system. See also component package. (2) A plug-in whose interface is defined by the Component Manager. For example, an audio unit is a component. (3) An object (of the WOComponent class) that represents a webpage or a reusable portion of one.
Industry:Software; Computer
