- 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.
To launch or activate an application or to present a document or URL for viewing or editing within an application.
Industry:Software; Computer
Software that includes freely available access to source code, redistribution, modification, and derived works. The full definition is available athttp://www.opensource.org.
Industry:Software; Computer
Open Scripting Architecture. A standard and extensible mechanism for interapplication communication in Mac OS X. Implemented by a number of Mac OS X frameworks and subframeworks, including the AE framework (which implements the Apple Event Manager) and the OpenScripting framework. Also includes the AppleScript component, which implements the AppleScript language.
Industry:Software; Computer
An audio unit of type 'auou'. Output units can start and stop the flow of audio data in the signal chain. Examples include the default output unit and the AUHAL. See also head node.
Industry:Software; Computer
A window that floats above other windows and provides tools or controls that users can work with while documents are open. Panel is not a user term; the equivalent term is window or dialog, as appropriate. See also document window.
Industry:Software; Computer
In AppleScript, an identifier in a handler definition that represents the actual value of a parameter when the handler is called. Also called a formal parameter.
Industry:Software; Computer
A device driver that performs only basic power-management tasks, such as joining the power plane and changing the device’s power state. See also active driver.
Industry:Software; Computer
In Quartz Composer, the base processing unit in a composition, which executes and produces a result. Patches are similar to routines in traditional programming languages. See also macro patch.
Industry:Software; Computer
In Quartz Composer, the levels in a composition created when macro patches are used. See also macro patch.
Industry:Software; Computer
The “/” character that separates folder names in a raw pathname. A raw pathname should be displayed only to expert users or in a help tag.
Industry:Software; Computer
