- Industry: Computer
- Number of terms: 318110
- Number of blossaries: 26
- Company Profile:
An American multinational software corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services related to computing.
A method call that returns to the caller immediately regardless of whether processing has completed. The results of processing are returned through another call on another thread. Asynchronous methods free the caller from having to wait until processing has finished.
Industry:Software
An on-screen cursor that has the same width and height in pixels as a text-mode character cell. A block cursor is used in text-based applications, especially as the mouse pointer when a mouse is installed in the system.
Industry:Software
A vector path defined by a series of points that indicate the direction the path should follow. Each node on a B-spline path can be a curve or corner control node. B-Spline paths are similar to Bezier paths, but curves are described by anchor points placed off the path itself.
Industry:Software
A comment associated with a changeset that is added during the check-in process by prompting the user for specific data.
Industry:Software
In the Macintosh graphical user interface, a small box in the left corner of a window's title bar. Clicking on the box closes the window.
Industry:Software
