Terminology
The Name Registry uses these special terms:
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name:
a null-terminated character string representing a thing or a concept
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name entry:
the representation of a name in the Name Registry. Name entries are connected to form a name tree.
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entry ID: a unique ID that Mac OS gives to a name entry
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path:
a sequence of colon-separated names
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property:
a name-and-value pair associated with a name entry, which describes some characteristic of the thing represented by the entry
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modifier:
hardware- or implementation-specific information associated with a name entry or property. Modifier information is stored as bits in a 32-bit word.
© 1999 Apple Computer, Inc. – (Last Updated 26 March 99)
