Glossary
- garbage collection
- A Smalltalk process for periodically identifying unreferenced objects and
deallocating their memory.
- GC
- Graphics context.
- GET
- One of the methods used in HTTP requests. A GET request is used to
retrieve data from an HTTP server. See also POST.
- global variable
- A variable that any method in any object can access.
- graphical user interface (GUI)
- A type of interface that enables users to communicate with a program by
manipulating graphical elements, rather than by entering commands.
Typically, a graphical user interface includes a combination of graphics,
pointing devices, menu bars, overlapping windows, and icons.
- graphics context (GC)
- In the Common Graphics subsystem, an object that contains information
about drawing attributes.
- group member
- A team member who belongs to a group that is responsible for developing an
application.
- GUI
- Graphical user interface.
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