Glossary
- machine-readable information (MRI)
- Language-sensitive information associated with a computer program, such as
program integrated information or softcopy documentation. See also
program integrated information.
- manage
- In the Common Widgets subsystem, to specify that a widget's size and
position will be managed by its parent widget.
- MCI
- See Media Control Interface.
- message
- In Smalltalk, a communication from one object to another that requests the
receiving object to execute a method. A message consists of a reference
to the receiving object, followed by a selector indicating the requested
method, and (in many cases) arguments to be used in executing the
method. There are three types of messages: binary,
keyword, and unary.
- message catalog
- For National Language Support, an external file that identifies error
messages and other language-specific messages numerically so that they can be
translated to support a variety of locales and character sets.
- metaclass
- The specification of a class; the complete description of a
class's attributes, behavior and implementation. Every class has a
metaclass, of which it is the sole instance. Contrast with
class.
- method
- Executable code that implements the logic of a particular message for a
class. In VisualAge, methods are also called scripts.
See also class method, instance method, private method, and
public method.
- model
- A nonvisual part that represents the state and behavior of a real-world
object, such as a customer or an account. Contrast with
view.
- MRI
- Machine-readable information.
- multimedia
- The combining of various media types (such as text, graphics, audio,
motion video, or still video) in one application.
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