- 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.
A command that is defined by a scriptable application to provide access to a scriptable feature. An application command must either be included in a tell statement or include the name of the application in its direct parameter.
Industry:Software; Computer
A protected variable that restricts access to a shared resource. Semaphores are used to coordinate activities in which multiple processes compete for the same resources—for example, to share a common memory space or to share access to files. Mutexes and conditions are both types of semaphore. A semaphore is similar to a lock, except that a finite number of threads can be holding a semaphore at the same time. See also lock.
Industry:Software; Computer
A file that contains Xcode build setting definitions. You can use it to share a set of build setting definitions among all the individuals working on a team. You can also use a configuration file to quickly configure targets and projects with common build setting definitions.
Industry:Software; Computer
The font used for informative text in alerts, headers in lists, help tags, and text in the small versions of many controls. It is 11-point Lucida Grande Regular.
Industry:Software; Computer
In Interface Builder, the runtime object that manages the contents of a nib file. The File’s Owner is typically a controller object that maintains pointers to key objects in a nib file and responds to user interactions with those objects.
Industry:Software; Computer
A user-defined object, combining data (in the form of properties) and handlers, that can be used in a script.
Industry:Software; Computer
A part of the kernel environment that manages the reading and writing of data on mounted storage devices of a certain volume format. A file system can also refer to the logical organization of files used for storing and retrieving them. File systems specify conventions for naming files, storing data in files, and specifying locations of files. See also volume format.
Industry:Software; Computer
In WebObjects, a group of handlers that can be viewed as a unit.
Industry:Software; Computer
A device driver that implements advanced power management tasks, such as determining device idleness and performing pre-shutdown tasks. Compare passive driver.
Industry:Software; Computer
