- 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 that can be executed safely by multiple threads simultaneously.
Industry:Software; Computer
In QuickTime, a picture that can be created from an existing image that is stored as a pixel map, a picture, or a picture file. A thumbnail picture is useful for creating small representative images of a source image and in previews for files that contain image data.
Industry:Software; Computer
(1) In printing, an opaque data structure used by the system, printer modules, and printing dialogue extensions to communicate information about a print job. Tickets are usually named for the type of information they contain, such as page format ticket and paper info ticket. (2) In security, a credential that a user can use to prove their identity. See also authentication, identification, Kerberos ticket.
Industry:Software; Computer
In Kerberos, the server that issues a ticket when presented with a TGT (ticket-granting ticket). See also KDC.
Industry:Software; Computer
In Quartz, the process of rendering pattern cells to a portion of a page. Quartz has three tiling options—no distortion, constant spacing with minimal distortion, and constant spacing.
Industry:Software; Computer
The perceived quality of a sound as distinct from pitch, volume, envelope, and duration. For example, a tuning fork can be described as having a “gentle” timbre, while a strongly hit crash cymbal can be described as having a “harsh” timbre.
Industry:Software; Computer
A set of values that define the time basis for an entity, such as a QuickTime movie. A time base consists of a time coordinate system (that is, a time scale and a duration) along with a rate value. The rate value specifies the speed with which time passes for the time base.
Industry:Software; Computer
A form of shared secret authentication in which the secret is changed periodically in a way known only to the two parties involved.
Industry:Software; Computer
Data that changes or interacts with the user along a time dimension. QuickTime is designed to handle time-based data.
Industry:Software; Computer
A standardised indexing system for identifying specific portions of a audio file. Timecodes are often used for synchronising or editing audio data. See also SMPTE timecode.
Industry:Software; Computer
