| Computer Desktop Encyclopedia: event driven |
An application that responds to input from the user (mouse movement, keystrokes, menu choices, etc.) or from messages from other applications. This is in contrast to a batch operation that continuously processes the next item from a group. See procedure oriented, event handler and event management system.
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