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/*!
\page qtquick-glossary.html
\title Glossary Of Terms
\brief Glossary of terms used in the documentation for QML and QtQuick
\section1 Common Terms
\table
\header
\li Term
\li Definition
\row
\li QML
\li The language provided by the Qt QML module in which QML
applications are written
\row
\li Qt Quick
\li The standard-library of types and functionality for the
QML language, which is provided by the Qt Quick module,
and may be accessed with "import QtQuick 2.0"
\row
\li Type
\li A type is either a property type, or a QML object type.
All QML object types may also be a property type (for
example, you can have a property of type Button) but not
all property types are also QML object types (for example,
an integer is not an object). Types are either built-in
to the QML language (\l{qtqml-basictypes.html}{basic types}),
or they are provided by the QtQuick import
(\l{qtquick-qmltypereference.html}{Qt Quick types}), or they
are provided in extensions to QML (\l{qtqml-modules-topic.html}
{Modules}) or by the application developer as QML documents.
\row
\li Component
\li A Component is a special type which may be used to instantiate
other QML object types.
\row
\li Object
\li An object is an instance of a type.
\row
\li Property
\li An object can have one or more properties. Some properties
are associated with the canvas (e.g., x, y, width, height,
and opacity) while others may be data specific to that type
(e.g., the "text" property of the Text type).
\row
\li Binding
\li A binding is a JavaScript expression which is "bound" to a
property. The value of the property at any point in time
will be the value returned by evaluating that expression.
\row
\li Signal
\li A signal is a notification of a condition occurring, and may be
either "emitted" or "handled". Most properties of QML objects
have a change signal, and also an associated change signal handler
which may be defined by clients to implement functionality. For
example, the "onClicked()" handler of an instance of the MouseArea
type might be defined in an application to cause a sound to be
played.
\row
\li Signal Handler
\li A signal handler is the expression (or function) which is triggered
by a signal. It is also known as a "slot" in C++.
\row
\li Lazy Instantiation
\li Object instances can be instantiated "lazily" at run-time,
to avoid performing unnecessary work until needed. Qt Quick
provides the Loader element to make lazy instantiation more
convenient.
\endtable
\section1 Indexed Alphabetically
*/
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