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3 <section id="glossary"> | 3 <b><font color="#cc0000"> |
4 <span id="id1"></span><h1 id="glossary"><span id="id1"></span>Glossary</h1> | 4 NOTE: |
| 5 Deprecation of the technologies described here has been announced |
| 6 for platforms other than ChromeOS.<br/> |
| 7 Please visit our |
| 8 <a href="/native-client/migration">migration guide</a> |
| 9 for details. |
| 10 </font></b> |
| 11 <hr/><section id="id1"> |
| 12 <h1 id="id1">Glossary</h1> |
5 <p>This glossary defines terms and names commonly used throughout the Native Cli
ent | 13 <p>This glossary defines terms and names commonly used throughout the Native Cli
ent |
6 documentation.</p> | 14 documentation.</p> |
7 <dl class="docutils"> | 15 <dl class="docutils"> |
8 <dt>asynchronous programming</dt> | 16 <dt>asynchronous programming</dt> |
9 <dd>In the asynchronous programming model, function calls are executed and retur
n | 17 <dd>In the asynchronous programming model, function calls are executed and retur
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10 immediately without waiting for a response. Using this model, function calls | 18 immediately without waiting for a response. Using this model, function calls |
11 are non-blocking; the web browser continues its main thread of execution | 19 are non-blocking; the web browser continues its main thread of execution |
12 and gets notified of asynchronous call completion through callbacks or some | 20 and gets notified of asynchronous call completion through callbacks or some |
13 other mechanism.</dd> | 21 other mechanism.</dd> |
14 <dt>focus events</dt> | 22 <dt>focus events</dt> |
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47 <dd><a class="reference external" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_Workers
">Web workers</a> provide a | 55 <dd><a class="reference external" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_Workers
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48 mechanism for running heavy-weight JavaScript code on background threads | 56 mechanism for running heavy-weight JavaScript code on background threads |
49 so that the main web page can continue to respond to user interaction. | 57 so that the main web page can continue to respond to user interaction. |
50 Web pages interact with web workers by using <code>postMessage()</code> to send | 58 Web pages interact with web workers by using <code>postMessage()</code> to send |
51 messages. The way a web page interacts with a Native Client module | 59 messages. The way a web page interacts with a Native Client module |
52 is analogous to the way it interacts with web workers.</dd> | 60 is analogous to the way it interacts with web workers.</dd> |
53 </dl> | 61 </dl> |
54 </section> | 62 </section> |
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