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selector

 

  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Selector  \Se*lect"or\,  n.  [L.] 
  One  who  selects. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  selector 
  n  :  a  switch  that  is  used  to  select  among  alternatives  [syn:  {selector 
  switch}] 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  selector 
 
    1.  In  {Smalltalk}  or  {Objective  C},  the  {syntax} 
  of  a  message  which  selects  a  particular  {method}  in  the  target 
  {object}. 
 
  2.  An  operation  that  returns  the  state  of  an  object  but  does 
  not  alter  that  state.  Selector  {functions}  or  {method}s  often 
  have  names  which  begin  with  get"  and  corresponding  {modifier} 
  methods  or  {procedures}  whose  names  begin  with  "set". 
 
  (1998-01-12)




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