evident

adj 1: clearly apparent or obvious to the mind or senses; "the

effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees

the parched fields"; "evident hostility"; "manifest

disapproval"; "patent advantages"; "made his meaning

plain"; "it is plain that he is no reactionary"; "in

plain view" [syn: {apparent}, {manifest}, {patent}, {plain}]

2: capable of being seen or noticed; "a discernible change in

attitude"; "a clearly evident erasure in the manuscript";

"an observable change in behavior" [syn: {discernible}, {observable}]

event

1. An occurrence or happening of significance to a

task or program, such as the completion of an asynchronous

input/output operation. A task may wait for an event or any

of a set of events or it may (request to) receive asynchronous

notification (a {signal} or {interrupt}) that the event has

occurred.

See also {event-driven}.

2. A transaction or other activity that affects the

records in a file.

(2000-02-09)