package object

A group of related object classes.

(1) In virtual storage systems, the process of transferring a page from external page storage to real storage. (2) The process of transferring a page from auxiliary storage to main storage.

(1) In virtual storage systems, the process of transferring a page from real storage to external page storage. (2) The transfer of a page from main storage to auxiliary storage.

The open systems spooler.

A class from which another class inherits. See also inheritance.

A process that creates other processes. Contrast with child process.

In the OS/2 operating system, a window that creates a child window. The child window is drawn within the parent window. If the parent window is moved, resized, or destroyed, the child window will also be moved, resized or destroyed. However, the child window can be moved and resized independently from the parent window, within the boundaries of the parent window.

The part of a file specification that lists the drive name and a series of directory names that give the location of the file. Each directory name is separated by the backslash character. In the specification C:\MYFILES\MISC\GLOSSARY.SCR, the path consists of C:\MYFILES\MISC\.

The resolution of a path to the correct file services entity (directory or file).

A credit-card-sized adapter used to add memory, storage, or I/O capabilities to a personal computer, personal communicator, or other electronic device.

The Personal Computer Memory Card International Association.

Personal Digital Assistant.

Printer Description Language (such as PostScript**, PCL5, Dot Matrix).

See picture element.

An attribute of an object that characterizes its lifespan. An object that remains in effect across time is said to be 'persistent'.

A nonprofit technical standards and trade association established to develop a common format and integrated-circuit PC Cards.

A small portable computer that acts on modules of code and can be used to store data such as phone numbers.

An operating-system-dependent application execution environment that corresponds to traditional operating systems such as OS/2, DOS, and AIX.

Code that depends on APIs or services provided by a Workplace personality service.

Code that is operating system independent because it depends only on Workplace Shared Services including the Microkernel.

A unit of sound distinguished by linguists and also found in pronunciation dictionaries. A phoneme has a variable duration of up to several seconds.

A Workplace component that manages the on-disk storage, indexing, mounting, and recovery of data. The File Services framework supports the installation of multiple Physical File Systems. Examples of Physical File Systems include FAT, HPFS, and CDROM.

In computer graphics, the smallest element of a display surface that can be independently assigned color and intensity. (T)

Picture element.

Presentation Manager.

Presentation Manager Automated Test Environment.

(1) A data element that indicates the location of another data element. (T) (2) In computer graphics, a manually operated functional unit used to specify and addressable point. A pointer may be used to conduct interactive graphic operations, such as selection of one member of a predetermined set of display elements, or indication of a position on a display space while generating coordinate data. (T) (3) An identifier that indicates the location of an item of data. (A) (4) The symbol displayed on the screen that a user moves with a pointing device, such as a mouse. (5) A physical or symbolic identifier of a unique target. (6) In the C language, a variable that holds the address of a data object or a function.

A bit map that defines the shape of the mouse pointer on the screen.

An instrument, such as a pen, mouse, trackball or joystick, used to move a pointer on the screen.

The ability to allow multiple instances of a personality or application to run simultaneously.

See dialog box.

In the Workplace architecture, a unidirectional asynchronous communication channel between a client and a server. A port has a single receiver and may have multiple senders. If a reply is provided to a service request a second port must be used.

An IEEE standard for operating systems closely related to the Unix system. A standards body that sets standards of APIs that is approved by X/Open to ensure that a POSIX approved code will run consistently on any POSIX compile platform.

Customized settings for a user's workplace that can be "transferred to" one or more additional workstations.

Portable Operating System Interfaces for Computer Environments.

A software subsystem that extends battery life in portable computer systems and conserves electrical energy (in compliance with the EPA's Energy Star guidelines) for all non-battery powered systems.

Device drivers that process the high-level function calls to the Presentation Manager interface and communicate with the physical devices or the display hardware.

The Workplace services that present a graphics-based interface to applications.

An automated test tool for PM applications. This tool is part of the toolkit and records user activity such as moving the mouse and opening and closing windows that can be played back later.

A SOM-based object that corresponds to PM window controls such as buttons, menus (pull-downs and pop-ups), frames, entry fields, lists, title bars, scroll bars, forms, scales, and selections.

A Workplace shared service that provides print spooling functions.

Object represented in a fashion that is specific to a service's implementation of the Object Manager and is unspecified to the client. Such objects are accessed only indirectly (by means of interface functions).

A method of protection that allows only certain program instructions to be used by certain programs.

Pertaining to a programming system design that allows interactions between subsystems through direct calls. Contrast with object-oriented designs that require messaging facilities for such interactions.

An object that starts a program. Program files commonly have extensions of .EXE, .COM, .CMD, or .BAT.

Several programs that can be acted upon as a single entity.

An object representing the file that starts a program. You can change the settings for this object to specify the gesture assignments for the particular program.

A device used to select a particular location on a tablet.