Category: Technology
Company: Apple Inc.
Created by: Karl Schaeffer
Number of Blossarys: 9
A channel dedicated to representing how opaque a given pixel is. Unlike the red, green, and blue channels, which specify the intensity of their respective colors, the alpha channel specifies the ...
The graphics state parameter that Quartz uses to determine how to composite newly painted objects to the existing page. At full intensity (alpha =1.0 ), newly painted objects are opaque. At zero ...
The horizontal placement of lines of text with respect to the left and right edges of the text area. Alignment can be left, right, centered, or justified (flush on both left and right edges).
The introduction of distortions or artifacts into digital information during processing operations. In graphics, aliasing can cause edges to appear jagged. In audio, aliasing results in artifacts ...
Said of graphics whose edges appear jagged; can be remedied by performing anti-aliasing operations.
A lightweight reference to files and folders in Mac OS Standard (HFS) and Mac OS Extended (HFS+) file systems. An alias allows multiple references to files and folders without requiring multiple ...
A sequence of actions to accomplish some task. In cryptography, refers to a sequence of actions, usually mathematical calculations, performed on data to encrypt or decrypt it.