CD-ROM drive rating for data throughput rate of 600 kb per second. This is four times the speed of the original CD-ROM drives which transferred data at 150 kb per second.#
(Modeling) Shapes created from a quadratic equation rather than from a collection of polygons. Quadrics require less memory, and allow the renderer to produce an image without polygonal contour.#
In database management, to perform a search based on certain criteria. #
See Print Queue. #
(Computer Graphics) A set of drawing routines built into the Apple Macintosh and available to every Macintosh application. QuickDraw is the foundation of most Macintosh programs and allows all Macintosh computers to work the same way.#
(Multimedia) System software standard developed by Apple Computer for the integration of sound, animation, video and audio across all applications. QuickTime consists of: Movie Toolbox to make it easy for developers to incorporate support for digitized movies into applications; Image Compression Manager (ICM) that allows software and hardware developers to use various compression schemes (e.g., CinePak, Indeo); and Component Manager for hardware device control.#
