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Intellectual Property

• The thirteenth major release of macOS, Apple Inc.'s desktop and server operating system for Macintosh computers and is the successor to OS X Mountain Lion.
• The ownership of intangible and non-physical goods. This includes ideas, names, designs, symbols, artwork, writings, and other creations.
• Light Emitting Diode, it is an electronic device that emits light when an electrical current is passed through it. Early LEDs produced only red light, but modern LEDs can produce several different colors, including red, green, and blue (RGB) light.
• An APP file is an application bundle that runs under macOS operating system.

Multiplatform

• The tenth major release of macOS, Apple Inc.'s desktop and server operating system for Macintosh computers and is the successor to OS X El Capitan.
• The first major release and version of macOS, Apple's desktop and server operating system and is the successor to Mac OS 9.
• The ability to work on more than one system; able to work with more than one type of equipment.
• A file is a standard text document that contains unformatted text. It is recognized by any text editing or word processing program and can also be processed by most other software programs.

Sample

• A file format with an openly-published specification that anyone can use. It is the opposite of a proprietary file format, which is only used by a specific software company or application.
• Software that encrypts programs and data until a ransom is paid to remove it.
• A relatively small proportion intended to show what the whole is like.
• Software that is undergoing testing and has not yet been officially released. The beta phase follows the alpha phase, but precedes the final version.

Multimedia

• To hide a window from view. This is commonly done to unclutter the display or to view other open windows without closing the current window.
• Wireless Protected Access 2. Wireless network encryption system. Replaces WPA and provides stronger data protection and network access control.
• The integration of multiple forms of media. Different types of media including text, video, sound, graphics and animations.
• The twenty-first and current major release of Apple's macOS operating system, the successor to macOS Sonoma.

Copyright

• Software that encrypts programs and data until a ransom is paid to remove it.
• A program in a high-level language before being compiled. It contains variable declarations, instructions, functions, loops, and other statements that tell the program how to function.
• Programs that help software developers find and eliminate bugs while they are writing programs. They tell the programmers what types of errors it finds and often marks the exact lines of code where the bugs are found. They also allow programmers to run a program step by step so that they can determine exactly when and why a program crashes.
• The exclusive legal right, given to an originator or an assignee to print, publish, perform, film, or record literary, artistic, or musical material, and to authorize others to do the same.

Bug

• An error in a software program. It may cause a program to unexpectedly quit or behave in an unintended manner.
• A file is a standard text document that contains unformatted text. It is recognized by any text editing or word processing program and can also be processed by most other software programs.
• Software that is undergoing testing and has not yet been officially released. The beta phase follows the alpha phase, but precedes the final version.
• Liquid Crystal Display, it is a flat panel display technology commonly used in TVs and computer monitors.

Debugger

• A custom URL that serves as the Web address of your profile page and can be shared and bookmarked by other users. Examples include social networking sites, membership sites various web forums. Example: http://www.website.com/username.
• Programs that help software developers find and eliminate bugs while they are writing programs. They tell the programmers what types of errors it finds and often marks the exact lines of code where the bugs are found. They also allow programmers to run a program step by step so that they can determine exactly when and why a program crashes.
• Something that slowly drains the available memory, reducing the amount of free memory the system can use. Most are caused by a program that unintentionally uses up increasing amounts of memory while it is running.
• The first major release and version of macOS, Apple's desktop and server operating system and is the successor to Mac OS 9.

Beta Software

• The seventeenth release of macOS, Apple Inc.'s operating system for Macintosh computers, and is the successor to macOS Catalina.
• Software that is undergoing testing and has not yet been officially released. The beta phase follows the alpha phase, but precedes the final version.
• Text that has been embedded with instructions to take a web page viewer to additional information.
• Software that is still in the early testing phase. It is functional enough to be used, but is unpolished and often lacks many of the features that will be included in the final version.

Alpha Software

• It defines the structure and type of data stored in a file.
• A type of malware that collects data about the user and transmits it over the Internet without the user's knowledge or permission.
• Software that is still in the early testing phase. It is functional enough to be used, but is unpolished and often lacks many of the features that will be included in the final version.
• An Excel file spreadsheet created by Microsoft Excel or another spreadsheet program, such as OpenOffice Calc or Apple Numbers. It stores data in worksheets, which contain cells arranged in a grid of rows and columns, and may also contain charts, mathematical functions, styles, and formatting.

Memory Leak

• Wireless Protected Access 2. Wireless network encryption system. Replaces WPA and provides stronger data protection and network access control.
• All of the information online about a person either posted by that person or others, intentionally or unintentionally.
• Something that slowly drains the available memory, reducing the amount of free memory the system can use. Most are caused by a program that unintentionally uses up increasing amounts of memory while it is running.
• The ability to work on more than one system; able to work with more than one type of equipment.