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AAC Automatic Assessment Configuration; AutomaticAssessmentConfiguration.framework; puts device in a locked mode for exam-style test applications
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AAT Apple Advanced Typography; font format and rendering engine
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Accounts launchd service: com.apple.accountsd; /System/Library/Accounts
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ACDC Apple Chips in Data Centers; see PCC
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ACDE Apple Connect Device External? ACDEClient.framework, old two-step verification, derived from a company-internal AppleConnect system?
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ACFS Apple Clustered File System; deprecated file system for Xsan; acfs.framework
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Acoustic ID song recognition and matching with Apple catalog, playback on HomePod; /System/Library/Components/AudioDSP.component
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Activity jobs, coarse-grained work units of applications; tracked by the system across XPC, bears a QoS class for scheduling; low-level mechanism not to be confused with User Activity
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AE Apple Events; messaging system to invoke application functionality; CoreServices.framework/AE.framework; launchd services: com.apple.coreservices.appleevents, com.apple.AEServer (AE over network)
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Aegir astronomy watch face and lock screen; /System/Library/CoreServices/AegirProxyApp.app
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AFM Apple Foundation Model; pre-trained transformer and diffusion models for Greymatter, optimized for on-device use by quantization (with accuracy-recovery adapters) and palletization
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AFM Apple Foundation Model; pre-trained transformer and diffusion models for Greymatter, optimized for on-device use by quantization (with accuracy-recovery adapters) and palletization; command line tool: modelcatalogdump
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AGC Apple Graphics Control, management of multiple displays and display port connections; launchd service: com.apple.displaypolicyd
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AHAP Apple Haptic Audio Pattern; file format for simultaneous audio and haptic data; CoreHaptics.framework
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AIR Apple Intermediate Representation; synthetic bytecode architecture target for GPU binary toolchain
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CAML Core Animation Markup Language; XML file format for layers, shapes and animations
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Carousel derivative of SpringBoard for Watch home screen, watch face, and notification center
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CBOR Concise Binary Object Representation; JSON-inspired compact binary data serialization; CBORLibrary.framework
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CDHash Code Directory Hash; a hash of hashes over the parts of a code bundle; command line tool: codesign
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CDM Continuous Dialog Manager; natural dialog with Siri, MARRS for multi-modality; ContinuousDialogManagerService.framework
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CEC Consumer Electronics Control; remote control for HDMI-connected devices; CoreRC.framework, IOCEC.framework
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Celestial media streaming used by ReplayKit for in-app screen broadcasts; Celestial.framework; launchd service: com.apple.replayd
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Game Mode auto-activates when games are shown full screen, throttles background work, lowers audio and input latency; launchd service: com.apple.gamepolicyd
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GID group ID key, shared across all devices of the same SoC generation, derived keys are used to prove device type over the network, only accessible by SEP
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Gizmo Apple Watch; watch settings managed by Companion iPhone; /Applications/Bridge.app, /System/Library/BridgeManifests
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Greymatter Apple Intelligence; on-device language and diffusion models, larger server-based models in PCC; AFM refined for specific tasks (queries, summarization, categorization) by adapters (parameter for inserted network modules); grounded with context from Biome and intelligence stores; ~/Library/IntelligencePlatform; launchd service: com.apple.modelmanagerd (model residency management); /System/Library/ModelManager/Policy.plist; command line tool: csfdiagnose (cloud subscription features)
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Greymatter Apple Intelligence; on-device language and diffusion models, larger server-based models in PCC; AFM refined for specific tasks (queries, summarization, categorization) by adapters (parameter for inserted network modules); grounded with context from Biome and intelligence stores; ~/Library/IntelligencePlatform; launchd service: com.apple.modelmanagerd (model residency management); /System/Library/ModelManager/Policy.plist; /Applications/Tamale.app (Camera Control integration); command line tool: csfdiagnose (cloud subscription features), modelmanagerdump
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Group Activities SharePlay; sharing of media content and programmatic state over FaceTime calls; GroupActivities.framework, CopresenceCore.framework; launchd service: com.apple.telephonyutilities.callservicesd
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GroupKit groups of IDS users with shared CloudKit (PCS) access; GroupKit.framework; launchd service: com.apple.groupkitd
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GroupKit groups of IDS users with shared CloudKit (PCS) access; GroupKit.framework
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GSS Generic Security Service; part of Kerberos; GSS.framework; launchd service: com.apple.gssd (invoked by kernel through host special port 19); command line tool: gsstool
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GXF Guarded Execution Feature/Fault, additional exception levels on Apple Silicon, lateral to the usual exception levels; page tables remain the same, but interpretation of permission bits changes by way of FPR, genter and gexit instructions; implements lightweight intra-address-space protection contexts
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HAP Home Automation Protocol; CoreHAP.framework
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