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What is Install Manual Definition A user-driven installation process. Users drag a product’s files to a location of their choosing in their file system. Compare window compare
What is Sprite Movie Explain A sprite that lives in a sprite track and acts in a movie. See also sprite track why
What is Bubble Message What is a project message in place—that is, in the location the message applies to, such as a code line that contains an error how better
What is Sleep Mechanizm Meaning A sleep state that occurs when the user chooses Sleep from the Apple menu or closes the lid of a laptop computer. See also idle sleep when
What is Movie Toolbox Access Keys Abbreviation A QuickTime API that can be used to add password protection to QuickTime data determines
What is Folder Media How to The video directory on a DVD disc volume. See VIDEO_TS comparing to
What is Monotimbral Help unit configured to produce sounds of only a single timbre. Both monophonic and polyphonic instrument units can be monotimbral. Compare depends on
What is mutually exclusive attribute group Crossword A set of attribute choices in which the user can select only one item, such as font size. Compare accumulating attribute group which
What is Keychain Mechanizm Examples as a whole, rather than to a particular user. System keychains are usually used by system daemons and services, but can also be accessed by difference
What is Mvc Encyclopedia that assigns objects in an application to one of three roles and recommends a distinct separation among model, view, and controller when
What is 1 Mpeg Information about A set of audio and video perceptual coding formats, formally designated as ISO/IEC-11172. MPEG-1 encompasses the Video CD and MP3 formats pros and cons
What is Aac 2 Mpeg Tutorial See AAC similarities
What is Mime Error A standard for transmitting formatted text, hypertext, graphics, and audio in email messages over the Internet how much
What is Entity Midi Answer MIDI endpoints. For example, a MIDI driver may group a MIDI-in and a MIDI-out endpoint together in a MIDI entity how many
What is Matrix Modelview Means what A 4 X 4 matrix used by OpenGL to transforms points, lines, polygons, and positions from object coordinates to eye coordinates compare
What is Key Modifier Description the meaning of another key being pressed simultaneously or to alter the meaning of a mouse action. The Option and Command keys are examples why
What is Handler Media Definition for mapping from the movie’s time coordinate system to the media’s time coordinate system. The media handler also interprets the media’??s how better
What is Patch Macro Explain other patches. A macro is similar to a subroutine in a traditional program. A macro can nest other macros within it. A macro is visually when
What is Media What is information that describes the data for a track in a movie. Note that a media does not contain its data; rather, a media contains a determines
What is Multitasking Meaning The concurrent execution of multiple programs. OS X uses preemptive multitasking comparing to
What is Object Memory Abbreviation An object managed by a pager that represents the memory, file, or other storage that backs a VM object. See also pager depends on
What is Id Media How to folder by DVD Playback Services. This identifier can be used as a key when saving information about media playback, such as bookmarks which
What is Multitimbral Help In Core Audio, describes an instrument unit configured to allow production of more than one timbre simultaneously. Compare monotimbral difference
What is man-in-the-middle attack Crossword which the attacker can intercept messages going between two parties without the communicating parties’ knowledge. Typically, the man in when
What is Margins Examples The left, right, top, and bottom sides of the text area pros and cons
What is Matrix Encyclopedia grid. It can be thought of as the mathematical equivalent of a two-dimensional array. Much like two-dimensional arrays, matrices are similarities
What is Window Main Information about user’s actions. It may accept keyboard input itself or may work in conjunction with a key window. For example, a text editing document how much
What is Protection Memory Tutorial A system of memory management in which programs are prevented from being able to modify or corrupt the memory partition of another program how many
What is Mp4 Error also known as MPEG-4 Part 14. MP4 files can hold many different types of data, such as AAC and MP3 audio, or MPEG-2 and H.264 video compare
What is Mig Answer Mach interface generator. A language for generating RPC (remote procedure call) interfaces for interprocess communication between Mach tasks why
What is Length Term Minimum Means what to index. When Search Kit adds terms from a document to an index, it skips over words whose length is shorter than the minimum term length how better
What is Files Managed Description The files stored in a source control repository when
What is Metamorphosis Definition The process by which glyphs are rearranged, substituted, deleted, and inserted based upon their properties and contextual states determines
What is Modal Mechanizm Explain do anything else until the window is dismissed. You should avoid using the system-modal state if at all possible. Compare application comparing to
What is Direction Mechanizm What is elements, including the default line direction (left-to-right or right-to-left) for text in the system script. System direction is depends on
What is Port Midi Meaning point in a hardware-based or virtual MIDI network. Each port can support up to 16 channels of MIDI data. In Core MIDI, a port is which
What is Message Abbreviation thread that is guaranteed to be delivered atomically to another task or thread. In Mach, a message consists of a header and a variable difference
What is Makefile How to tool to create an executable version of an application. A makefile details the files, dependencies, and rules by which the application is when
What is Atom Header Movie Help A QT atom that specifies the characteristics of an entire QuickTime movie pros and cons
What is Player Music Crossword The Core Audio programming construct that applications use to play MIDI or other event data similarities
What is Mpeg Examples international working group of ISO/IEC that develops standards for digitally coded representations of audio and video. MPEG is part of the how much
What is Resource Movie Encyclopedia provide the medium of exchange for movie data between applications on a Macintosh computer and between computers, even computers of how many
What is Matching Information about See device matching , driver matching compare
What is Loop Event Main Tutorial application spends most of its time. The application is blocked while waiting for events. When an event occurs, the application processes why
What is Descriptor Memory Error of data, depending on direction, should either be laid into memory or extracted from memory. It represents a segment of memory holding the how better
What is Id Menu Answer A unique ID that identifies a menu when
What is Mipmaps Means what provided at various resolutions, whose purpose is to minimize artifacts that can occur when a texture is applied to a geometric primitive determines
What is Output Mechanizm Description In OS X, the hardware destination for all system sounds comparing to
What is MPEG-4 Part 14 Definition See MP4 depends on
What is O Mach Explain Mach object file format. The preferred object file format for OS X. See also PEF which
What is Cookie Magic What is structure for transporting audio format metadata. For audio formats that use them, such as AAC, a magic cookie is produced during encoding difference
What is Multiplexing Meaning See interleaving when
What is Menu Abbreviation A user interface element that displays a list of possible selections to the user pros and cons
What is Install Managed How to process. Users open an installer package in the Installer application, which performs all installation tasks similarities
What is Monitor Help administer deployed WebObjects applications. It’s capable of handling multiple applications, application instances, and applications hosts how much
What is Mach port dispatch source Crossword A dispatch source used to process events arriving on a Mach port how many
What is Obszar Boundary Movie Examples the area occupied by a movie in the movie coordinate system, before the movie has been clipped by the movie clipping region. A movie’s compare
What is 2 Mpeg Encyclopedia coding formats, formally designated as ISO/IEC-13818, first published in 1994. MPEG-2 encompasses formats of generally higher quality than why
What is MPEG-1, audio layer 3 Information about See MP3 how better
What is Synthesizer Macintalk Tutorial The built-in speech synthesizer available in OS X when
What is Mach Error that provides such basic services and abstractions as threads, tasks, ports, interprocess communication (IPC), scheduling, physical and determines
What is Map Answer address space (physical or virtual) to a range in another address space. The virtual-memory manager accomplishes this by adjusting its VM comparing to
What is Bar Menu Means what The strip at the top of the user’s primary display that contains menu titles. It includes system and application menus depends on
What is Button Minimize Description A window control (the middle yellow button that appears at the top left) that the user clicks to put a window into the Dock which
What is 4 Mpeg Definition coding formats, formally designated as ISO/IEC-14496, first published in 1998. MPEG-4 encompasses many of the features introduced in MPEG-1 difference
What is movie display clipping obszar Explain display coordinate system. Only that portion of the movie that lies in the clipping region is visible to the user. QuickTime applies the when
What is Multicast What is be addressed to multiple recipients. Multicast is used, for example, in streaming video, in which many megabytes of data are sent over the pros and cons
What is File Movie Meaning A QuickTime file that stores a movie and its associated data similarities
What is Font Mechanizm Abbreviation The font used for text in menus and in modeless dialogs, and for titles of document windows. It is 13-point Lucida Grande Regular how much
What is Dictionary Matching How to describe the properties of a device or other service. The values in a matching dictionary are compared against those in a driver how many
What is Obszar Clipping Movie Help movie’s coordinate system. QuickTime applies the movie’?’slipping region to the movie boundary region to obtain a clipped movie boundary compare
What is Digest Message Crossword hash function to a message or other data. A cryptographically secure message digest cannot be transformed back into the original message why
What is Aac 4 Mpeg Examples See AAC how better
What is many-to-many relationship Encyclopedia in which each record in the source entity may correspond to more than one record in the destination entity, and each record in the when
What is Tool Management Information about an application-server configuration can be modified. It also allows for the viewing of statistics of resources and services deployed on determines
What is Framework Mechanizm Tutorial A framework developed by Apple and installed in the file-system location for system software comparing to
What is Poster Movie Error QuickTime movie. You specify a poster as a point in time in the movie and specify the tracks that are to be used to constitute the poster depends on
What is Object Mechanizm Answer An object that is part of a scriptable element of OS X which
What is Font Mechanizm Mini Means what The font used for the text in most mini controls. It is Lucida Grande Regular 9 pt difference
What is Coalescing Event Mouse Description mouseDragged events by checking to see if one of these events exists in the event queue, and if it does, updating the queue with the when
What is Mtc Definition MIDI timecode. A music synchronization protocol, defined as part of the MIDI protocol. MTC emulates SMPTE timecode . See also timecode pros and cons
What is Lock Mutex Explain allows multiple threads to synchronize access to shared resources. A mutex has two states: locked and unlocked. Once a mutex has been similarities
What is Movie What is managed by QuickTime. A movie may contain sound, video, animation, or a combination of any of these types of data. A QuickTime movie how much
What is Preview Movie Meaning QuickTime movie. Movie previews typically last no more than 3 to 5 seconds, and they should give the user some idea of what the movie how many
What is Mbuf Abbreviation A data structure containing data about a network packet compare
What is Manager How to In Carbon, a library or set of related libraries that define a programming interface why
What is Application Restricted Mechanizm Help An application that has a portion of its features restricted to specific users because of the BSD permissions system how better
What is Type Mime Crossword A string designating the type of data in an attachment transmitted via MIME, such as text/plain, image/jpeg, audio/mp3, or video/quicktime when
What is Unit Output Mechanizm Examples An Apple-supplied audio unit that connects with whichever hardware device the user has designated to be the system output determines
What is Dialog Modeless Encyclopedia to dismiss it before interacting with anything else onscreen. The “find and replace” dialog in many word processors is an example of a comparing to
What is Timecode Midi Information about See MTC depends on
What is Version Major Tutorial designating a framework that is incompatible with programs linked with a previous version of the framework’s dynamic shared library which
What is Monophonic Error Describes an instrument that plays only one note at a time. Compare polyphonic . See also monotimbral , multitimbral difference
What is Endpoint Midi Answer An abstract representation of a MIDI cable connection (or port) as used by Core MIDI when
What is Multihoming Means what addresses in one computer, usually on different networks. For example, multihoming might be used to create a system in which one address is pros and cons
What is Matte Description A defined region of a movie display that can be clipped and filled with another display similarities
What is Mp3 Definition layer 3. A lossy, perceptual compression format for audio data that can achieve 10:1 data compression with usable sound quality. MPEG-1 how much
What is Metapackage Explain other installation packages, usually component packages. Metapackages are used to deliver multicomponent products to users and to provide how many
What is Thread Main What is A special type of thread created when its owning process is created. When the main thread of a program exits, the process ends compare
What is Version Minor Meaning designating a framework that is compatible with programs linked with later builds of the framework within the same major version. Compare why
What is Server Mach Abbreviation A task that provides services to clients, using a MIG-generated RPC interface. See also MIG how better
What is Requirement Mechanizm How to A condition that must be met by the computer (and associated operating system) in order for an installation to proceed when
What is Method Help In object-oriented programming, a procedure that can be executed by an object determines
What is Index Item Menu Crossword A one-based index that identifies a particular menu item in the menu. A menu item index of 3 indicates the third item in the menu comparing to
What is Glyph Character Missing Examples The glyph in a font that is drawn when no glyph is defined for a character code in a font depends on
What is Kernel Monolithic Encyclopedia pieces of the kernel are closely intertwined. A monolithic kernel provides substantial performance improvements. It is difficult to evolve which
What is Cursor Memory Information about ranges in a memory descriptor in physical memory, generating a scatter/gather list suitable for a particular device or DMA engine. The difference
What is movie display boundary obszar Tutorial area occupied by a movie in the display coordinate system, before the movie has been clipped by the movie display clipping region. See also when
What is Form Reference Middle Error In AppleScript, the reference form that specifies the middle object of a particular class in a container. This form is rarely used pros and cons
What is Hint Type Mime Answer likely content type for a URL. In Search Kit, common MIME type hints include text/plain, text/rtf, text/html, text/pdf, and similarities
What is Music Means what One of the QuickTime media types, in which sequences of sounds and tones are generated how much
What is Script Mechanizm Description operating system, such as in dialogs and menu bars. The system script affects system defaults, such as the system font, line direction, and how many
What is Mlan Definition based interconnection protocol that carries multichannel audio and MIDI over a single cable. See also MIDI compare
What is Microkernel Explain abstractions. Typically, higher-level OS services such as file systems and device drivers are implemented in layers above a microkernel why
What is Frequency Term Minimum What is times a term can appear in a document and still be indexed. This functionality is not currently supported by Search Kit indexes how better
What is File Mapped Memory Meaning memory. The virtual-memory system transfers portions of these contents from the file to physical memory in response to page faults. Thus when
What is Item Menu Abbreviation One of the choosable options displayed in a menu determines
What is Midi How to standard data protocol for communication between computers and electronic music instruments, first adopted in 1983 by the AES . Core Audio comparing to
What is Track Modifier Help modifies the data or presentation of other tracks. For example, a tween track is a modifier track. See also tween track depends on

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