A possible action that the user can perform that is monitored by an application or the operating system (event listener). When an event occurs an event handler is called which performs a specific task.
A set of some of the possible outcomes; a subset of the sample space.
From Middle French event, from Latin ēventus ("an event, occurrence"), from ēveniō, from ē, short form of ex + veniō; related to venture, advent, convent, invent, convene, evene, etc.
From French éventer.
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