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event driven
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event driven
An application that responds to input from the user (mouse movement, keystrokes, menu choices, etc.) or from messages from other applications. This is in contrast to a batch operation that continuously processes the next item from a group. See procedure oriented, event handler and event management system.


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73 Also appropriate for self-study, this textbook emphasizes achieving computer program clarity through the proven techniques of object- oriented programming and event-driven programming.
Additionally, its schedule includes some event-driven programming such as the Olympics, Wimbledon, Cricket (which is important in England, Howden stressed,) and "a certain amount of football.
Second, Visual Basic is an event-driven programming language, in contrast to the linear programming techniques of BASIC, C, and spreadsheet macros.
 
 
 
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