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Apple Inc.
Industry: Computer; Software
Number of terms: 54848
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Company Profile:
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.
Small Computer Systems Interface. A standard connector and communications protocol used for connecting devices such as disk drives to computers.
Industry:Software; Computer
A menu that, when closed, displays the current choice and can be opened to present a list of mutually exclusive choices in a dialog or window. Pop-up menus have a double triangle indicator.
Industry:Software; Computer
In the Ink technology, the grouping of 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 typically a short string of characters with no spaces between them such as an individual character, several characters, a word, or, an entire URL. For most situations, an Ink phrase is equivalent to a word.
Industry:Software; Computer
Also called audio session category. In iPhone OS, a collection of audio behaviors for an application. For example, a category specifies whether an application intends to mix its audio with other applications or silence them. You specify your application’s category after initializing its audio session.
Industry:Software; Computer
A small rectangular or square control used to apply a color selection. The color of the control indicates the currently selected color.
Industry:Software; Computer
The window or text field control to which keyboard input is directed. The user can change the user focus by using the mouse or (sometimes) the Tab key.
Industry:Software; Computer
Data, usually a character string, used to identify a user for a service or application.
Industry:Software; Computer
LFE
Low frequency effect. One of the six typical channels in 5.1 Surround Sound. The LFE channel covers the bottom two or three octaves of audio and is typically used to enhance the realism of sound effects such as explosions.
Industry:Software; Computer
A menu that includes a menu item from which a submenu descends. Submenus offer additional menu item choices without taking up more space in the menu bar. Hierarchical menus are indicated with a triangle.
Industry:Software; Computer
CBR
Constant bit rate. A data encoding scheme that can be used to stream audio data over a channel at a constant bit rate while supporting real-time decoding. In most cases, packet size is constant in CBR streams. In the case of constant bit rate AAC streams, packet size may vary slightly. Some encoding schemes, such as PCM, support only CBR encoding. Compare average bit rate, variable bit rate. See also simple message.
Industry:Software; Computer