Event
E`vent´
| n. | 1. | That which comes, arrives, or happens; that which falls out; any incident, good or bad. |
| 2. | An affair in hand; business; enterprise. | |
| 3. | The consequence of anything; the issue; conclusion; result; that in which an action, operation, or series of operations, terminates. | |
| v. t. | 1. | To break forth. |
| Noun | 1. | event - something that happens at a given place and time |
| 2. | event - a special set of circumstances; "in that event, the first possibility is excluded"; "it may rain in which case the picnic will be canceled" Synonyms: case | |
| 3. | event - a phenomenon located at a single point in space-time; the fundamental observational entity in relativity theory | |
| 4. |  event - a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon; "the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise"; "his decision had depressing consequences for business"; "he acted very wise after the event" |
| 1. | (software) | event - 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. | (data) | event - A transaction or other activity that affects the records in a file. |