- 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.
In Mach, the ability to receive messages on a Mach port. Only one task at a time can have receive rights for any one port. Compare send rights.
Industry:Software; Computer
In a script command object, the object specifier that specifies the objects in the application that should receive an command.
Industry:Software; Computer
In Ink Services, Ink words processed by the recognition system.
Industry:Software; Computer
The algorithmic component of Ink Services that identifies written text and gestures.
Industry:Software; Computer
In AppleScript, an application that uses Apple events to report user actions for recording purposes. When recording is turned on, Script Editor creates statements corresponding to any significant actions you perform in a recordable application.
Industry:Software; Computer
A lock that can be locked multiple times by the same thread.
Industry:Software; Computer
Said of code that can process multiple interleaved requests for service nearly simultaneously. For example, a reentrant function can begin responding to one call, be interrupted by other calls, and complete them all with the same results as if the function had received and executed each call serially.
Industry:Software; Computer
The process of modifying source code for the purpose of improving its readability and maintainability while retaining the program’s functionality and behavior. See also transformation.
Industry:Software; Computer
An arbitrary data item available for use by a programme to convey information for its own purposes in an operation or data structure.
Industry:Software; Computer
