Event

n.	1.	That which comes, arrives, or happens; that which falls out; any incident, good or bad. To watch quietly the course of events. - Jowett (Thucyd. There is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked. - Eccl. ix. 2.
	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. Dark doubts between the promise and event. - Young.
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" Synonyms: consequence, effect, result, upshot, outcome, issue

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.

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