value set control -
A visual component that
enables a user to select one choice from a group of mutually exclusive choices.
vector font -
A set
of symbols, each of which is created as a series of lines and curves. Synonymous
with outline font. Contrast with image font.
VGA
-
view
-
A way of looking at an object's information.
viewing pipeline -
The
series of transformations applied to a graphic object to map the object
to the device on which it is to be presented.
viewing
window -
A clipping boundary that defines the
visible part of model space.
VIO -
virtual memory (VM) -
Synonymous
with virtual storage.
virtual storage
-
(1) The storage space that may be regarded
as addressable main storage by the user of a computer system in which virtual
addresses are mapped into real addresses. The size of virtual storage is
limited by the addressing scheme of the computer system and by the amount
of auxiliary storage available, not by the actual number of main storage
locations. (I) (A) (2) Addressable space that is apparent to the user
as the processor storage space, from which the instructions and the data
are mapped into the processor storage locations. (3) Synonymous with virtual
memory.
visible region -
A
window's presentation space, clipped to the boundary of the window and the
boundaries of any overlying window.
volume
-
(1) A file-system driver that uses a block device
driver for input and output operations to a local or remote device. (I)
(2) A portion of data, together with its data carrier, that can be handled
conveniently as a unit.
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