event-driven

programming A kind of program, such as a graphical userinterface, with a main loop which just waits for events to

occur. Each event has an associated handler which is passed

the details of the event, e.g. mouse button 3 pressed at

position (355, 990).

For example, X window system and most Visual Basic

application programs are event-driven.

See also callback.

(2000-02-09)