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- gain
- The ability to change the audibility of the sound, such
as during a fade in or fade out of music.
- GDI object
- See graphics
device interface object.
- generic class
- See class template.
- global
- Pertaining to information available to more than one
program or subroutine. IBM.
- global scope
- See file scope.
- global variable
- A symbol defined in one program module that is used in
other independently compiled program modules.
- glyph
- A graphic symbol whose appearance conveys information;
for example, the vertical and horizontal arrows on cursor
keys that indicate the directions in which they control
cursor movement.
- GMT
- See Greenwich Mean Time.
- graphical user
interface (GUI)
- A type of computer interface consisting of a visual
metaphor of a real-world scene, often of a desktop.
Within that scene are icons, representing real-world
objects, that the user can access and manipulate with a
pointing device. See command line
interface.
- graphic attributes
- Attributes that apply to graphic primitives. Examples are
color, line type, and shading-pattern definition.
- graphic primitive
- In computer graphics, a basic element, such as an arc or
a line, that is not made up of smaller parts and that is
used to create diagrams and pictures. IBM.
- graphics
- A picture defined in terms of graphic primitives and
graphic attributes.
- graphics
device interface (GDI) object
- An object such as a brush, pen, or bitmap. All graphics
device interface (GDI) objects are owned by the process
that also owns the thread. See user object, kernel object.
- Greenwich Mean Time
- The basis of standard time. Now commonly replaced by Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
- GUI
- See graphical user
interface.
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