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What is O I Image Definition provides opaque data types for reading data from an image source and writing data to an image destination compare
What is I/O service thread Explain See interrupt service thread why
What is Framed Internally What is audio format where information about the sizes of the frames is included in the audio data stream. Compare externally framed . See also how better
What is Operation Install Meaning Installation activity performed by an executable file that is invoked at a specific point during the installation process when
What is Ipc Abbreviation programming interfaces that enables a process to communicate data or information to another process. Mechanisms for IPC exist in the determines
What is Source Input How to thread. Input sources can be port-based or manually triggered and must be attached to the thread’s run loop comparing to
What is Ieee Help Engineers. An organization of electronics professionals that has established many technology and audio-related standards. Pronounced “eye depends on
What is Experience Install Crossword The tasks a user needs to perform in order to install a product on their computer which
What is Format Image Interleaved Examples alpha) channel, one after the other, for every pixel. In contrast to planar image formats which encode an entire image using one color at a difference
What is Mechanizm Imaging Encyclopedia The system used to render text or graphics when
What is Program Developer Ios Information about A program that allows you to develop iOS applications, test them on devices, and distribute them to your customers through the App Store pros and cons
What is Identification Tutorial that a person or entity is the same one it communicated with previously. Identification is in general faster than authentication and does similarities
What is Interpolation Error The calculation of intermediate values relative to known beginning and ending values how much
What is Package Installation Answer extension. Installation packages (also known as packages) contain products or product components (known as the package’s payload) and how many
What is Inversion Means what In graphics, an operation that produces original coordinates from transformed ones compare
What is Iec Description Commission. An international standards organization, founded in 1906, that collaborates with ISO on defining a wide variety of perceptual why
What is Module O I Definition A module used by the printing system to provide a way to communicate with a printer using a standard interface for a transport type how better
What is Queue Audio Input Explain See audio queue when
What is I/O Kit framework What is and makes the I/O Registry, user client plug-ins, and other I/O Kit services available from user space. It lets applications and other user determines
What is Plist Info Meaning See information property list comparing to
What is Window Ink Abbreviation The Ink toolbar plus the Ink pad. The window allows the user to control various aspects of Ink and to enter Ink input depends on
What is Kit Image How to A programming interface that supports browsing, viewing, and editing images and browsing and controlling Core Image filters which
What is initializing a script object Help from the properties and handlers listed in a script object definition. AppleScript creates a script object when it runs a script or difference
What is Pane Customization Install Crossword the Installer application if the package being installed allows the user to customize the installation by choosing the product components when
What is Layer Interface Examples A layer above the driver layer containing interface KEXTs, interface filters, and protocol plumbers pros and cons
What is Application Instruments Encyclopedia See Instruments similarities
What is Application Simulator Ios Information about runtime environment and user experience in OS X for testing iOS applications in early stages of development how much
What is Object Interface Tutorial nib file that is created for your application at load time. Interface objects can consist of both visual objects (such as windows, views how many
What is Instance Error Java and Objective-C, an object that belongs to (is a member of) a particular class. Instances are created at runtime according to the compare
What is Instruments Answer debugging tool. Instruments lets you gather a configurable set of metrics while your application is running, providing you with why
What is Server Ink Means what The component of Ink technology that manages the recognizer, the language model, and the Ink window how better
What is Interleaving Description of data streams representing discrete channels into a single stream that retains the capacity to be converted back to separate channels. A when
What is Interface Definition client accesses a service. An interface provides a level of abstraction that hides the implementation details of the service from the determines
What is Subcontainer Specified Implicitly Explain specified in an AppleScript script by context, rather than by an explicit reference. For example, explicitly specifying a word object in a comparing to
What is Panel Edit Image What is The Image Kit edit panel class (IKImageEditPanel ), which is optimized for editing images. The user term is Image Edit window depends on
What is Group Index Meaning indexes; the target of a search. An index group corresponds to one or more aspects of the corpus of documents you want to search. For which
What is Sequence Image Abbreviation usually represented by video over time. Image sequences may also be generated synthetically, such as from an animation sequence difference
What is Property Installation How to that specifies an installation requirement or an installation process detail, such as whether relocation is allowed when
What is Statement If Help or more Boolean expressions whose results determine whether to execute other statements within the if statement pros and cons
What is Ide Crossword program that typically combines text editing, compiling, and debugging features in one package in order to assist developers with the similarities
What is Isync Examples A tool for synchronizing address book and calendar information how much
What is Audio Immersive Encyclopedia Sound reproduction or generation that seems to surround a listener. See also surround sound how many
What is Internationalization Information about software product, including its online help and documentation, to facilitate localization. Internationalization of software typically compare
What is Mask Image Tutorial A bitmap that specifies an area to paint, but not the color. An image mask acts like a stencil to specify where to place color on the page why
What is Integer Error A positive or negative number without a fractional part how better
What is Buffer Image Answer Video images. Pixel buffers, Core Video OpenGL buffers, and OpenGL textures derive from the CVImageBuffer type when
What is Genre Icon Means what A group of icons that share similar visual design characteristics used to designate a particular category of items determines
What is Ipl Description basic synchronization on uniprocessor systems in traditional BSD systems, set using thesplmacro. Interrupts with lower priority than the comparing to
What is Order Input Definition written or entered from a keyboard. The input order of a line of text can differ from its display order. Compare display order depends on
What is Inheritance Explain ability of a superclass to pass its characteristics (methods and fields) on to its subclasses, allowing subclasses to reuse these which
What is Center Dev Ios What is all the resources needed to develop iOS applications. Access to this developer center requires an ADC membership. See also user focus difference
What is Track Image Meaning Any track in a QuickTime movie that contains visual images. The term particularly applies to video tracks that contain VR data when
What is Method Input Abbreviation script systems that converts phonetic or syllabic characters, entered from a keyboard, into ideographic or other complex representation of pros and cons
What is Database Package Installer How to System-level database of all the installation packages installed by the Installer application similarities
What is Filter Ip Help time it enters the protocol stack. By its very nature, an IP filter can only filter in-band communication how much
What is Thread Service Interrupt Crossword handling I/O that is triggered by an interrupt, but does not run in an interrupt context. Also called an I/O service thread how many
What is Password Internet Examples as a web or FTP server. Internet password items on the keychain include attributes such as the security domain and IP address compare
What is Image Encyclopedia A group of related pixels, often represented with a rectangular array of values why
What is Structure Ifnet Information about A data structure containing function pointers and data related to a particular network interface how better
What is Data Interleaved Tutorial dissimilar data that are grouped together, such as vertex data and texture coordinates. Interleaving can speed up data retrieval when
What is Input Inline Error enter text directly into a document. In inline input, entry and conversion of characters take place at the current line position—where the determines
What is Record Information Item Answer A data structure of type LSItemInfoRecord , used by Launch Services to return information about an item comparing to
What is Adpcm Ima Means what ADPCM. A lossy, 16-bit audio compression format that provides 4:1 compression. The format is sometimes referred to as IMA or IMA4. See also depends on
What is Action Installation Description an installation. PackageMaker defines several installation actions, including Quit Application and Show File in Finder which
What is Point Insertion Definition data is to be inserted or deleted. An insertion point is specified by a single caret position. Compare caret . (2) In AppleScript, the difference
What is Destination Installation Explain The directory in which Installer places a package’s payload when
What is Receipt Installation What is A token that Installer uses to determine whether a component has already been installed on an installation volume pros and cons
What is Inactive Meaning In iOS, used to describe an audio session state in which playback or recording cannot proceed. Compare active similarities
What is Band In Abbreviation interface that contains actual data destined for the endpoint (for example, send and recv calls). Compare out-of-band how much
What is Rectangle Bounding Image How to The smallest rectangle that completely encloses the filled or framed parts of a block of text. See also typographic bounding rectangle how many
What is Chain Inheritance Help The hierarchy of objects that AppleScript searches to find the target for a command or the definition of a term compare
What is Sleep Idle Crossword has been no device or system activity for the period of time the user specifies in the Energy Saver pane of System Preferences. See also why
What is Statement Ignoring Examples specific set of attributes to be ignored when AppleScript performs operations on text strings or sends commands to applications how better
What is Method Input Ink Encyclopedia that takes the user input and then draws the appropriate data on the screen. In effect, converting physical pen strokes into electronic when
What is Width Imposed Information about A control feature that forces a specific width onto the glyphs of a style run, regardless of its text content or other style properties determines
What is Window Info Tutorial applications that presents information about and provides settings for a particular entity. In Interface Builder, an Info window has comparing to
What is Phrase Ink Error ink data created by the recognition system, based on the timing and spacing of the user’s handwriting. In Roman languages, an Ink phrase is depends on
What is Interrupt Answer currently scheduled process and temporarily diverts the flow of control through an interrupt handler routine. Interrupts can be caused by which
What is Identifier Means what that identifies a value or handler. Identifiers are used to name variables, handlers, parameters, properties, and commands difference
What is Host Installation Description The computer onto which a package is to be installed when
What is Metrics Ideal Definition Resolution-independent measurements used to describe how a glyph is drawn. Compare screen metrics pros and cons
What is Result Exclusion Inclusion Explain See inclusion/exclusion searching similarities
What is Retrieval Information What is See signal-to-noise ratio how much
What is Item Meaning document, or URL to be operated on. (2) In AppleScript, a value in a list or record. An item can be specified by its offset from the how many
What is Executable Operation Install Abbreviation Installer during an installation, before or after copying a package’s payload to the installation destination compare
What is Button Icon How to rectangular edge around it; the clickable region is the graphic (for example, the toolbar buttons in System Preferences windows why
What is Choice Install Help An option users can select or deselect as part of the installation process to specify whether a product component is to be installed how better
What is Guides Writing Ink Crossword In the Ink technology, the lines (alternating solid and broken) that appear when a user is writing directly into an application when
What is Kit O I Examples environment in Darwin that provides a model of system hardware. Each type of service or device is represented by one or more C++ classes in determines
What is Builder Interface Encyclopedia An application that helps you easily create application menus, windows, dialogs, palettes, and other standard Aqua interface elements comparing to
What is Registry O I Information about collection of driver objects, each of which represents an I/O Kit entity. As hardware is added to or removed from the system, the I/O depends on
What is Interlacing Tutorial A video mode that updates half the scan lines on one pass and goes through the second half during the next pass which
What is Toolbar Ink Error The toolbar that appears at the top of the Ink window difference
What is Communication Interprocess Answer See source control when
What is Condition Ignore Means what A state that triggers a breakpoint only if the condition is true pros and cons
What is List Property Information Description configuration information for bundles such as kernel extensions. A file named Info.plist (or a platform-specific variant of that filename similarities
What is 1394 Ieee Definition See FireWire how much
What is Unit Instrument Explain In Core Audio, an audio unit of type'aumu' that takes sound bank data and MIDI control data as inputs, and outputs digital audio how many
What is Matrix Identity What is matrix that specifies no change in the coordinates of the source image. The resulting image corresponds exactly to the source image. See compare
What is View Browser Image Meaning The Image Kit view class (IKImageBrowserView ) that is optimized for browsing images. The user term is image browser why
What is Window Inactive Abbreviation other windows. Although some of its controls can be activated (click-through) and it can be a drag-and-drop target, an inactive window is how better
What is Index Vector Inverted How to terms mapped to document URL objects representing the documents that the terms appear in, as well as document URL objects mapped to the when
What is Catalog O I Help entries for all available drivers on a Darwin system. Driver matching searches the I/O Catalog to produce an initial list of candidate determines
What is Transform Identity Crossword An affine transform that, when applied to input coordinates, always returns the input coordinates comparing to
What is Instrument Examples the Instruments application. Instruments collect performance information about an application or an entire system depends on
What is Volume Installation Encyclopedia The volume (or mountpoint) onto which an installation package is to be installed which
What is Data Line In Information about Data that’s included directly in a Mach message, rather than referred to by a pointer. Compare out-of-line data difference
What is Impedance Tutorial opposition a circuit presents to an AC (alternating current) signal at a given frequency. Impedance includes both a resistive (frequency when
What is Initialize Error In Core Audio, to configure an audio unit for use pros and cons
What is Well Image Answer A rectangular, recessed area that displays an icon or picture and that serves as a drag-and-drop target similarities
What is Format Image Means what An image encoding standard that specifies the number of color channels and number of bits per channel how much
What is O I Description between two parts of a computer system, usually between system memory and a peripheral device. (2) The software- or hardware-based audio how many
What is Searching Exclusion Inclusion Definition simply includes documents that match the query and excludes documents that don’t. Inclusion/exclusion searches tend to be faster than compare
What is Requirement Installation Explain volume of an installation must meet in order for the installation to take place. The two types of installation requirements are system why
What is Text Ink What is In the Ink technology, words written in electronic ink how better
What is Attribute Inheritance Meaning to which a parent process and its child process share pages in the parent process’s address space. A memory page can be inherited as copy when
What is Kext Interface Abbreviation A network kernel extension that provides routines specific to a particular family of interfaces, such as ARP equivalence routines determines
What is Identity How to A digital certificate together with an associated private key comparing to
What is Ir Help locating information based on a well-defined information need. An information retrieval system consists of a corpus, one or more indexes of depends on
What is Object Text Ink Crossword An opaque object that contains information about an Ink phrase which
What is Area Mousing Instant Examples stylus input is interpreted as mouse input; the system “instantly” interprets the stylus as a mouse in these special places and ink is not difference
What is Relationship Inverse Encyclopedia A relationship that goes in the reverse direction of another relationship. Also known as a back relationship when
What is Form Reference Index Information about In AppleScript, a reference form that specifies an object by describing its position with respect to the beginning or end of a container pros and cons
What is Area Imageable Tutorial The part of the paper to which a printer can draw without the image being clipped similarities
What is Ink Error In the Ink technology, raw data that represents the input drawn by the user with the stylus how much
What is Filter Interface Answer interface Unicode decomposition . An interface filter alters in-band and out-of-band communication specific to a given interface how many
What is Initialize Means what audio unit for use. (2) In AppleScript, to create a script object from the properties and handlers listed in a script object definition compare
What is Iff Description chunk-based file format for storing media content. Developed by Electronic Arts, Inc., and the technical inspiration for Apple’s AIFF why
What is Unit Image Definition for distribution as anNSBundle object. Image units contain one or more filters for manipulating image date. See also SIMD how better
What is Pad Ink Explain The part of the Ink window that provides a simple note pad interface where handwritten input is converted into editable text when
What is Mode Immediate What is commands at the time an application issues them. To prevent commands from being issued immediately, an application can use a display list determines
What is Form Reference Id Meaning In AppleScript, a reference form that specifies an object by the value of its ID property comparing to
What is Iso Abbreviation International Organization for Standardization in English, that formulates and promotes industrial and commercial standards, including depends on
What is Handler Run Implicit How to the top level of a script except for property definitions, script object definitions, and other handlers. A single script object can which
What is Index Help sequential collection of the terms in one or more documents. In addition to terms, Search Kit indexes contain context information that difference
What is Index Inverted Crossword terms, as keys, mapped to references to the documents they appear in. The index is sorted by its keys. “Inverted” means that the documents when
What is Indicator Examples The part of a control that visually represents its value. For example, on a scroll bar control, the scroller is the indicator pros and cons
What is Handler Interrupt Encyclopedia occurs. Interrupt handlers typically deal with low-level events in the hardware of a computer system, such as a character arriving at a similarities
What is Map Input Information about A QuickTime data structure that describes where to find information about tracks that are targets of a modifier track. See modifier track how much

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