Explanation SCOPE: (1) The availability of resources such as variables and objects within various parts of a program. In traditional procedural programming, scope is either global or local; however, scopes can be nested. (2) In AppleScript, the range over which AppleScript recognizes a variable or property, which determines where else in a script you may refer to that variable or property. (3) In Core Audio, a programmatic context within an audio unit . Unlike the general computer science notion of scopes, however, audio unit scopes cannot be nested. Each scope is a discrete context. You use scopes when writing code that sets or retrieves values of parameters or properties. Compare element . See also parameter , property
More definitions for Mac OS users such as scope in Dictionary S.
- Help Scheme:
- Usage The component of a URL that identifies the type of resource it represents or the protocol to be used for accessing it, such as http, ftp, mailto, or file. See also document URL object scope definition.
- Help SMPTE:
- Usage Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers. An organization that publishes standards related to film, television, and audio scope explain.
- Help Static Text Field:
- Usage Text in a dialog that users can’t modify scope what is.
- Help Script Object:
- Usage A user-defined object, combining data (in the form of properties) and handlers, that can be used in a script scope meaning.
- Help Simulator:
- Usage See iOS Simulator application scope abbreviation.
