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

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