- Industry: 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 preset signal level at which some sort of processing is activated. For example, a compressor audio unit can allow you to specify the threshold above which compression begins.
Industry:Software; Computer
In QuickTime, a picture that can be created from an existing image that is stored as a pixel map, a picture, or a picture file. A thumbnail picture is useful for creating small representative images of a source image and in previews for files that contain image data.
Industry:Software; Computer
(1) In printing, an opaque data structure used by the system, printer modules, and printing dialog extensions to communicate information about a print job. Tickets are usually named for the type of information they contain, such as page format ticket and paper info ticket. (2) In security, a credential that a user can use to prove their identity. See also authentication, identification, Kerberos ticket.
Industry:Software; Computer
In Kerberos, the server that issues a ticket when presented with a TGT (ticket-granting ticket). See also KDC.
Industry:Software; Computer
In Quartz, the process of rendering pattern cells to a portion of a page. Quartz has three tiling options—no distortion, constant spacing with minimal distortion, and constant spacing.
Industry:Software; Computer
The perceived quality of a sound as distinct from pitch, volume, envelope, and duration. For example, a tuning fork can be described as having a “gentle” timbre, while a strongly hit crash cymbal can be described as having a “harsh” timbre.
Industry:Software; Computer
A set of values that define the time basis for an entity, such as a QuickTime movie. A time base consists of a time coordinate system (that is, a time scale and a duration) along with a rate value. The rate value specifies the speed with which time passes for the time base.
Industry:Software; Computer
A form of shared secret authentication in which the secret is changed periodically in a way known only to the two parties involved.
Industry:Software; Computer
