Name: Apple Event

Synonyms: AppleEvent,Apple Event

Type: glossary

Description:
A <protocol> for interapplication communication on <Mac OS> and <OS X|OS X systems>. 
 
An application can send an Apple Event to another application to make it do something such as print, open a <file>, run a script, etc.

References: file (glossary), protocol (glossary), Mac OS (glossary), OS X (glossary)
