Event

Event - (1) An occurrence of something that happens that is of interest to the enterprise. (2) See also Error event.

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Source: Larry English, http://www.iaidq.com/main/glossary.shtml , 25-Jan-2009 13:17

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Event - A happening in the real world.

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Source: Sun.com, 28 July 2010 10:09:02, http://www.sun.com/third-party/dw/brochures/67198.Acrobat.pdf

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Event - An occurrence in a business's environment to which that business must respond; see also BUSINESS SYSTEM and EVENT RESPONSE.

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Source: Aexis Business Intelligence, 06 December 2010 09:40:38, http://www.aexis.eu/DataWarehouse-Glossary/

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event - 

(1) [linear referencing] A geographic location stored in tabular rather than spatial form. Event types include address events, route events, x,y events, and temporal events.

(2) [computing] In computing, an outcome or occurrence that happens when a user interacts with an application. For example, in a case in which clicking a button triggers the closing of a form, the event is the closing of the form.

[Category=Geospatial ]

Source: esri, 15 April 2012 09:16:43, http://support.esri.com/en/knowledgebase/GISDictionary/term/abbreviation