Collection Manager The Collection Manager implements an abstract data type that allows you to store multiple pieces of related information. This abstract data type is called a collection object. | | Control Panels Control panels provide users with the ability to set preferences for global values or systemwide features. To write a control panel, you work with several Mac OS technologies, including the Finder, Control Manager, Dialog Manager, Event Manager, and Resource Manager. | | Control Strip Services Control Strip Services allow developers to create control strip modules that provide convenient shortcuts to control panels. | | | Location Manager The Location Manager provides a user interface for quickly saving and restoring sets of networking, communications, and printing settings. | | Mathematical and Logical Utilities The Mac OS provides a number of utility routines that you can use to perform mathematical and logical operations such as data type conversion, pseudorandom number generation, and simple data compression and decompression. | | PowerPC Numerics PowerPC Numerics is an environment for performing floating-point arithmetic on Macintosh computers that use the PowerPC processor. The core features of PowerPC Numerics are based on IEEE Standard 754 for binary floating-point arithmetic. | |