| Q-Bert | A mid 1980s arcade game that involved a fuzzy red creature jumping from cube to cube, trying to avoid a purple snake named Coily. |
| Quality Assurance (QA) | The practice of checking hardware, software, or systems for defects, identifying such defects, and then checking to make sure that such defects are corrected when future revisions of software or hardware are ready for testing. QA workers typically work closely with the people who develop hardware and software, and often program exhaustive scripts to automate checking and identify problems. |
| Quality Plan | The document used to govern the conduct of a project. Defines the controls and standards used.
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| Quality Review | A formal, documented review of a completed item (document or program) to ensure that it meets appropriate standards as defined in the Quality Plan.
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| Quark Integration | Content can be checked in and out of the content repository via Quark.
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| Quartz | Based on version 1.4 of the Portable Document Format (PDF) specification — the same standard that drives the professional publishing industry — Quartz is the name for Panther’s revolutionary composited windowing system. Take one glance at the Panther screen and you’ll see crisp graphics, anti-aliased text, liquid transparency and photo-realistic drop shadows. The technology behind this unparalleled graphic rendering quality is Quartz. |
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