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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
- (1) That portion of a source program that is not contained within a class, function, or
namespace definition. (2) That portion of namespace scope that is not contained in a
namespace definition. Also called global namespace scope. See scope.
Contrast with class scope, local scope, namespace
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
- In the Windows operating system, 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.
- graphics pipeline
- A sequence of steps that renders a geometry onto a device through geometric
transformations, clipping, lighting, and scaling. IBM.
- Greenwich Mean Time
- The basis of standard time. Now commonly replaced by Coordinated
Universal Time (UTC).
- group directive
- A directive in a configuration file that defines all the files belonging to a source
group. See source group.
- GUI
- See graphical user interface.
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