Eventdriven

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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  event-driven
       
           A kind of program, such as a {graphical user
          interface}, with a main loop which just waits for {events} to
          occur.  Each event has an associated handler which is passed
          the details of the event, e.g. mouse button 3 pressed at


          position (355, 990).
       
          For example, {X window system} and most {Visual Basic}
          {application programs} are event-driven.
       
          See also {callback}.
       
          (2000-02-09)