- 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 form of authorization used before performing the actual authorization. Preauthorization is used to determine if a user has the possibility of authorizing later.
Industry:Software; Computer
(1) The point at which text or other data is to be inserted or deleted. An insertion point is specified by a single caret position. Compare caret. (2) In AppleScript, the location where another object or objects can be added.
Industry:Software; Computer
A combination of hardware, renderer, and pixel format that OpenGL selects as suitable for an imaging task. When the current virtual screen changes, the current renderer typically changes.
Industry:Software; Computer
Hardware or software that implements either data compression or level compression. A data compressor, along with its corresponding decompressor, is sometimes referred to as a codec.
Industry:Software; Computer
A designation by a software MIDI device indicating that it can transmit MIDI data. Compare virtual destination.
Industry:Software; Computer
The style that Quartz uses to draw the endpoint of a line—butt, round, or projecting square.
Industry:Software; Computer
Apple Graphics Library framework. The Apple framework for using OpenGL graphics in Mac OS X applications written in the Carbon environment.
Industry:Software; Computer
The area of an onscreen object that the pointer’s hot spot must be within for mouse clicks to have an effect.
Industry:Software; Computer
A sample that does not rely on preceding frames for content. See also key frame.
Industry:Software; Computer
In Quartz 2D, an operation that combines two matrices by multiplying them together.
Industry:Software; Computer
