intent
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7.0
- noun
- /ɪnˈtɛnt/
- Specialized
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Intent (Android)
- When one application sends an intent, it initiates communication with another component.
- Notice of Intent
- congressional intent
- Intent to Transfer
And you can specify what that is and and then the language can correspond to that intent.
- And you can specify what that is and and then the language can correspond to that intent.
- And I guess actually that's the one place, but then it breaks down into two different areas which are intent finding and appointment booking.
Examples
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If we can get these letters of intent out of the way now...
Fiction book (1990) -
Somehow, I have a feeling that this is not the intent of their petition.
Blog text (3) -
Such tests are similar in method but different in intent to the equivalence tests described earlier.
Academic text (2001) -
The last remaining hurdle has been a national letter of intent and scholarship agreement.
Academic text (1990) -
Otherwise, the Starbucks app could just fire off an intent and let Passbook handle the experience from there.
Blog text (1) -
Web Intents: Standardization and support for Web Intents will be important for cross-platform proliferation.
Blog text (25) -
The software uses an intent to request data transfer between the two applications.
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In Android development, an intent is essential for launching activities within the app.
Compounds
- Formal
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5.1
A written note that says a person or company plans to do something before a contract is signed
A crime of illegally taking money or things someone gave you to look after and keeping them for yourself
- Informal
An act of standing in public and staring at people without purpose
Surface Forms
Etymology
Intent in computing is like a short message that says what an app 'intends' to do, using the same idea as intend (to aim). So an intent asks another part of the system to start an action or pass on data.