- 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 module used by the printing system to convert a document description from one document format to another.
Industry:Software; Computer
Installation activity performed by an executable file that is invoked at a specific point during the installation process.
Industry:Software; Computer
A common image processing technique that changes the intensities of a pixel to reflect the intensities of the surrounding pixels. Using convolution, you can get image effects like blur, emboss, and sharpen.
Industry:Software; Computer
A channel dedicated to representing how opaque a given pixel is. Unlike the red, green, and blue channels, which specify the intensity of their respective colors, the alpha channel specifies the opacity of the entire pixel. For example, if a pixel was defined using float values ranging from 0.0 to 1.0, an alpha channel intensity of 1.0 would indicate 100% opacity, and an intensity of 0.0 would indicate 0% opacity, or transparent.
Industry:Software; Computer
A multitasking environment in which a running programme can receive processing time only if other programmes allow it; each application must give up control of the processor cooperatively in order to allow others to run. Mac OS 9 is a cooperative multitasking environment. See also preemptive multitasking.
Industry:Software; Computer
In AppleScript, a variable that is available only in the handler in which it is defined. Variables that are defined within handlers are local unless they are explicitly declared as global variables.
Industry:Software; Computer
A standard Windows audio format. WAV files produce extremely high sound quality but take up more space than MP3s. These files end with .wav.
Industry:Entertainment
An executable file that is invoked by Installer during an installation, before or after copying a package’s payload to the installation destination.
Industry:Software; Computer
In Core Audio, for a panner unit, a parameter that specifies the maximum value for the distance parameter, in meters.
Industry:Software; Computer
A movie track that contains alternate data for another track. QuickTime chooses one track to be used when the movie is played. The choice may be based on such considerations as image quality or localization. See also track.
Industry:Software; Computer
