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Spotlight (software)

Index Spotlight (software)

Spotlight is a system-wide desktop search feature of Apple's macOS and iOS operating systems. [1]

40 relations: Apple Inc., Apple Worldwide Developers Conference, Application programming interface, Bing (search engine), Bugatti Veyron, Calculator (macOS), Command-line interface, Compact disc, Daemon (computing), Darwin (operating system), Desktop search, Dictionary (software), DVD, File attribute, Finder (software), Graphical user interface, Hard disk drive, Incremental search, IOS, IOS 6, IOS 8, IOS 9, IOS version history, Launchd, Mac OS X Leopard, Mac OS X Tiger, MacOS, Menu bar, Metadata, Microsoft Word, MP3, New Oxford American Dictionary, Operating system, OS X Yosemite, PDF, Quick Look, Selection-based search, Shell script, System Preferences, Wikipedia.

Apple Inc.

Apple Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, that designs, develops, and sells consumer electronics, computer software, and online services.

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Apple Worldwide Developers Conference

The Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) is a conference held annually by Apple Inc. in San Jose, California.

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Application programming interface

In computer programming, an application programming interface (API) is a set of subroutine definitions, protocols, and tools for building software.

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Bing (search engine)

Bing is a web search engine owned and operated by Microsoft.

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Bugatti Veyron

The Bugatti Veyron EB 16.4 is a mid-engined sports car, designed and developed in Germany by the Volkswagen Group and manufactured in Molsheim, France, by Bugatti.

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Calculator (macOS)

Calculator is a basic calculator application made by Apple Inc. and bundled with macOS.

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Command-line interface

A command-line interface or command language interpreter (CLI), also known as command-line user interface, console user interface and character user interface (CUI), is a means of interacting with a computer program where the user (or client) issues commands to the program in the form of successive lines of text (command lines).

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Compact disc

Compact disc (CD) is a digital optical disc data storage format that was co-developed by Philips and Sony and released in 1982.

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Daemon (computing)

In multitasking computer operating systems, a daemon is a computer program that runs as a background process, rather than being under the direct control of an interactive user.

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Darwin (operating system)

Darwin is an open-source Unix operating system first released by Apple Inc. in 2000.

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Desktop search

Desktop search tools search within a user's own computer files as opposed to searching the Internet.

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Dictionary (software)

Dictionary is an application developed by Apple Inc. as a part of macOS.

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DVD

DVD (an abbreviation of "digital video disc" or "digital versatile disc") is a digital optical disc storage format invented and developed by Philips and Sony in 1995.

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File attribute

File attributes are metadata associated with computer files that define file system behavior.

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Finder (software)

The Finder is the default file manager and graphical user interface shell used on all Macintosh operating systems.

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Graphical user interface

The graphical user interface (GUI), is a type of user interface that allows users to interact with electronic devices through graphical icons and visual indicators such as secondary notation, instead of text-based user interfaces, typed command labels or text navigation.

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Hard disk drive

A hard disk drive (HDD), hard disk, hard drive or fixed disk is an electromechanical data storage device that uses magnetic storage to store and retrieve digital information using one or more rigid rapidly rotating disks (platters) coated with magnetic material.

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Incremental search

In computing, incremental search, incremental find or real-time suggestions is a user interface interaction method to progressively search for and filter through text.

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IOS

iOS (formerly iPhone OS) is a mobile operating system created and developed by Apple Inc. exclusively for its hardware.

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IOS 6

iOS 6 is the sixth major release of the iOS mobile operating system developed by Apple Inc, being the successor to iOS 5.

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IOS 8

iOS 8 is the eighth major release of the iOS mobile operating system developed by Apple Inc., being the successor to iOS 7.

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IOS 9

iOS 9 is the ninth major release of the iOS mobile operating system developed by Apple Inc., being the successor to iOS 8.

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IOS version history

iOS is a mobile operating system, developed by Apple Inc. for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch.

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Launchd

In computing, launchd, a unified service-management framework, starts, stops and manages daemons, applications, processes, and scripts in macOS.

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Mac OS X Leopard

Mac OS X Leopard (version 10.5) is the sixth major release of Mac OS X (now named macOS), Apple's desktop and server operating system for Macintosh computers.

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Mac OS X Tiger

Mac OS X Tiger (version 10.4) is the fifth major release of Mac OS X (now named macOS), Apple's desktop and server operating system for Mac computers.

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MacOS

macOS (previously and later) is a series of graphical operating systems developed and marketed by Apple Inc. since 2001.

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Menu bar

A menu bar is a graphical control element which contains drop-down menus.

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Metadata

Metadata is "data that provides information about other data".

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Microsoft Word

Microsoft Word (or simply Word) is a word processor developed by Microsoft.

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MP3

MP3 (formally MPEG-1 Audio Layer III or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III) is an audio coding format for digital audio.

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New Oxford American Dictionary

The New Oxford university American Dictionary (NOAD) is a single-volume dictionary of American English compiled by American editors at the Oxford University Press.

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Operating system

An operating system (OS) is system software that manages computer hardware and software resources and provides common services for computer programs.

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OS X Yosemite

OS X Yosemite (version 10.10) is the eleventh major release of OS X (now named macOS), Apple Inc.'s desktop and server operating system for Macintosh computers.

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PDF

The Portable Document Format (PDF) is a file format developed in the 1990s to present documents, including text formatting and images, in a manner independent of application software, hardware, and operating systems.

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Quick Look

Quick Look is a quick preview feature developed by Apple Inc. which was introduced in its operating system Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard.

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Selection-based search

A selection-based search system is a search engine system in which the user invokes a search query using only the mouse.

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Shell script

A shell script is a computer program designed to be run by the Unix shell, a command-line interpreter.

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System Preferences

System Preferences is an application included with the macOS operating system that allows users to modify various system settings which are divided into separate Preference Panes.

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Wikipedia

Wikipedia is a multilingual, web-based, free encyclopedia that is based on a model of openly editable content.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotlight_(software)

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