- Industria: Computer; Software
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Apple Inc., formerly Apple Computer, Inc., is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Cupertino, California, that designs, develops, and sells consumer electronics, computer software and personal computers.
A window that is in the background of 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 not the focus of the user’s attention.
Industry:Software; Computer
In Xcode, tasks with no inputs and outputs, or tasks whose inputs are not the outputs of other tasks and whose outputs are not the inputs of other tasks. Compare ordered tasks.
Industry:Software; Computer
The state where an application or thread is waiting for some event or action to occur. While blocked, that particular code path uses no processor time.
Industry:Software; Computer
The button that confirms the message text in a dialog. The action button is in the lower-right corner of a dialog. It is often, but not always, the default button.
Industry:Software; Computer
In security, the list of groups to which the owner of a process belongs plus any additional groups added to the list programatically (for example, using the setgid command). If the file GID of a file system object matches the GID of any group in the group list, that group has group permissions for the object. See also file UID.
Industry:Software; Computer
In AppleScript, a value generated when a command is executed or an expression evaluated.
Industry:Software; Computer
A directory that the Finder presents to users as if it were a file. In other words, the Finder hides the contents of the directory from users. This opacity discourages users from inadvertently (or intentionally) altering the contents of the directory. See also bundle.
Industry:Software; Computer
A computer in which the logic gates are based on quantum phenomena such as electron spin rather than mechanical or conventional electronic components. Because of the superposition of quantum states (a consequence of the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle), a properly designed quantum computer can in principle perform simultaneously certain types of calculations that require a huge number of sequential operations in a classic computer. Consequently, factoring large numbers should be several orders of magnitude faster on a quantum computer than on present-day supercomputers. Because the strength of most modern cryptographic methods depends on the difficulty of making such calculations, a practical quantum computer would break most cryptographic schemes in common use. Although small proof-of-concept quantum computers have been constructed, no such machine capable of solving practical problems has yet been demonstrated.
Industry:Software; Computer
In Xcode, the code line indicated by the pointer at the time you choose a debugging command from the shortcut menu.
Industry:Software; Computer
In QuickTime Player, a thumbnail picture from a movie that is displayed in the Open File dialog box. See also thumbnail picture.
Industry:Software; Computer
