- 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.
Code, stored in /System/Library/SystemAdditions, that makes additional commands or coercions available to scripts on the same computer.
Industry:Software; Computer
The native 2D rendering API for Mac OS X. Quartz contains programmatic interfaces that provide high-quality graphics, compositing, translucency, and other effects for rendered content. Quartz is included as part of the Application Services umbrella framework.
Industry:Software; Computer
An object-oriented application framework, consisting of a collection of advanced object-oriented APIs. The Cocoa framework is made up of the AppKit and Foundation frameworks. Also referred to simply asCocoa.
Industry:Software; Computer
The width-to-height ratio of an image. For example, a 4:3 aspect ratio means the horizontal size is a third again wider than the vertical size. Every title on a DVD is authored for one of two aspect ratios: standard (4:3) or wide (16:9).
Industry:Software; Computer
In Ink Services, a gesture that does not have a defined hot spot. An application should apply the gesture to the current selection or insertion point.
Industry:Software; Computer
In Audio Queue Services, an ordered list of audio queue buffers used by an audio queue. See also audio queue, audio queue buffer.
Industry:Software; Computer
Generic Security Service Application programme Interface. An open-source API that can be used to adapt an application to use Kerberos.
Industry:Software; Computer
In Xcode, the object on which you want to perform an action.
Industry:Software; Computer
A window with an offscreen buffer for screen pixel values. Images are rendered into the buffer for any portions of the window that aren’t visible onscreen.
Industry:Software; Computer
The queuing of keystrokes for processing later. It occurs when the user types faster than the computer can handle or when the computer is unable to process the keystrokes.
Industry:Software; Computer
