Glossary Of Copland Terminology

Glossary of Copland Terminology The terms defined in this glossary are preliminary and subject to change. action The objects and activities that make a human interface task unique, such as the names of folders to back up or a list of people to whom a message should be sent. See also task. activation model The tasking and synchronization model mandated by an I/O family. It consists of the code that provides the runtime environment to the family and its plug-ins. See family, plug-in. active assistance General term for Copland features that allow the computer to assist the user actively. See also automation, delegation, task, task definition, assistant. active window The frontmost window on the desktop; the window where the next action will take place. The active window is identified by distinctive details that aren’t visible for inactive windows. address space The set of addresses that a process can reference. alert box An arrangement of panels within a modal window that an application displays on the screen to warn the user or to report an error. An alert box typically consists of text describing the situation and buttons that require the user to acknowledge or rectify the problem. An alert box may or may not be accompanied by an alert sound. See also dialog box, modal window. area A logical extent of memory with common attributes. Areas never overlap; a particular address in an address space is included in at most one area. See also global area. assistant An entity that provides a specific kind of active assistance in a given context by asking the user questions and then taking actions or creating human interface tasks based on the answers. automation Automatically controlled operations. In Copland, features that allow the computer to create a series of actions, or a human interface task, in a form that can be repeated. See also task. backing provider A server process responsible for transferring memory between backing storage (for example, a hard disk) and physical memory in response to page faults. bus expert See low-level expert. cell A rectangular part of a list displaying information about one item in the list. CFM-based software Software compiled for execution in a runtime environment that uses Code Fragment Manager (CFM) fragments to organize executable code and data in memory. GL-1 Draft. Confidential.  Apple Computer, Inc. 10/17/95 This document was created with FrameMaker 4.0.4 G L O S S A RY close box The box on the left end of the title bar of an active window. Clicking it closes the window. code fragment See fragment. Code Fragment Manager The part of the Mac OS that loads fragments into memory and prepares them for execution. collapse box The box on the right end of the title bar of an active window. Clicking it collapses or expands the window. condition The set of events or states that trigger a human interface task. See also task. cooperative process A process that has a cooperative task created by the Process Manager. The …