Category: Technology
Company: Apple Inc.
Created by: Karl Schaeffer
Number of Blossarys: 9
English (EN) The virtual address ranges available to a given task (the task may be the kernel). In OS X, processes do not share the same address space. The address spaces of multiple processes can, however, point ...
A group with special administrative privileges. For example, only members of the admin group can open locked system preferences or install software.
A user in the admin group. The user who installs OS X is automatically assigned to the admin group. An administrator has fewer privileges than root, but more privileges than a normal user. An ...
Adaptive delta pulse code modulation. A variant of pulse-code modulation, and an extension of DPCM, that varies quantization step size to minimize bit rate for a given dynamic range.
The distance between the end of one glyph’s advance and the next glyph’s real position.
The distance from the top of a glyph to the bottom of the glyph, including the top-side bearing and bottom-side bearing.
The full horizontal width of a glyph as measured from its origin to the origin of the next glyph on the line, including the side bearings on both sides.
