overlay

overlay
● ►en /o-v*r-lai/ n. m. ● 1. ►MEM recouvrement. Dans une mémoire segmentée, il se peut que deux segments se chevauchent. ● 2. ►SYSTM Informations stockées et consultées sur mémoire de masse, pour économiser la mémoire vive, car elles ne sont pas utilisées très souvent, ou parce qu'on veut pouvoir les changer rapidement et facilement. Les DLL de Windows sont des overlays. ● 3. ►AFFICH Incrustation de vidéo analogique sur un affichage numérique, sans numérisation réelle. L'image incrustée contient une couleur (ou un gradient alpha dans les versions plus sophistiquées de la mise en œuvre du concept - en voilà une phrase qui pète!) considérée transparente qui laissera voir l'image sur laquelle on incruste. ● 4. ►XML Méthode de fusion de documents XUL utilisée par Mozilla.

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