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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.
Reduction of the dynamic range of an audio signal, typically by reducing the gain ratio for amplitudes above a specific level. Compare limiting.
Industry:Software; Computer
(1) In BSD-derived systems, a socket refers to different entities in user and kernel operations. For a user process, a socket is a file descriptor that has been allocated using socket(2). For the kernel, a socket is the data structure that is allocated when the kernel’s implementation of the socket(2) call is made. (2) In AppleTalk protocols, a socket serves the same purpose as a “port” in IP transport protocols.
Industry:Software; Computer
Describes an instrument capable of playing more than one note simultaneously. Compare monophonic. See also monotimbral, multitimbral.
Industry:Software; Computer
A control that displays the level or capacity of something.
Industry:Software; Computer
The confidence one can have in the validity of a certificate, based on the certificates in its certificate chain and on the certificate extensions the certificate contains. The level of trust for a certificate is used together with the trust policy to answer the question “Should I trust this certificate for this action?”
Industry:Software; Computer
A three-dimensional visualization of a signal’s frequency content. Typically, a sonogram’s horizontal axis is time, its vertical axis is frequency, and the visual intensity (in terms of color or dot size) of each plotted point represents energy. Also called a spectrogram.
Industry:Software; Computer
In acoustics, the space in which a sound is produced, conveyed to a listener, and perceived. In audio reproduction, the virtual space from which a monaural sound can seem to emanate. See also spatialization.
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
