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<div class="section" id="glossary">
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<span id="id1"></span><h1>Glossary<a class="headerlink" href="#glossary" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
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<dl class="glossary docutils">
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<dt id="term-callback">Callback</dt>
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<dd>A JavaScript function that is used to perform actions that
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must wait for other actions to complete before they are
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performed.</dd>
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<dt id="term-callback-queue">Callback Queue</dt>
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<dd>MathJax uses <cite>Queues</cite> to synchronize its activity so that
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actions that operate asynchronously (like loading files) will
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be performed in the right order. <a class="reference internal" href="#term-callback"><em class="xref std std-term">Callback</em></a> functions
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are pushed onto the queue, and are performed in order, with
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MathJax handling the synchronization if operations need to
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wait for other actions to finish.</dd>
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<dt id="term-callback-signal">Callback Signal</dt>
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<dd>A JavaScript object that acts as a mailbox for MathJax events.
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Like an event handler, but it also keeps a history of
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messages. Your code can register an “interest” in a signal,
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or can register a <a class="reference internal" href="#term-callback"><em class="xref std std-term">callback</em></a> to be called when a
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particular message is sent along the signal channel.</dd>
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<dt id="term-html-css">HTML-CSS</dt>
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<dd>MathJax output form that employs only on HTML and CSS 2.1,
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allowing MathJax to remain compatible across all browsers.</dd>
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<dt id="term-jax">jax</dt>
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<dd>MathJax’s input and output processors are called “jax”, as is
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its internal format manager. The code for the jax are in the
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<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">MathJax/jax</span></tt> directory.</dd>
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<dt id="term-latex">LaTeX</dt>
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<dd><p class="first">LaTeX is a variant of <a class="reference internal" href="#term-tex"><em class="xref std std-term">TeX</em></a> that is now the dominant TeX style.</p>
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<div class="admonition-see-also last admonition seealso">
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<p class="first admonition-title">See also</p>
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<p class="last"><a class="reference external" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaTeX">LaTeX Wikipedia entry</a></p>
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</dd>
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<dt id="term-mathml">MathML</dt>
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<dd><p class="first">An XML specification created to describe mathematical
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notations and capture both its structure and content. MathML
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is much more verbose than <a class="reference internal" href="#term-tex"><em class="xref std std-term">TeX</em></a>, but is much more
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machine-readable.</p>
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<div class="admonition-see-also last admonition seealso">
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<p class="first admonition-title">See also</p>
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<p class="last"><a class="reference external" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MathML">MathML Wikipedia entry</a></p>
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<dt id="term-stix">STIX</dt>
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<dd><p class="first">The Scientific and Technical Information Exchange font
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package. A comprehensive set of scientific glyphs.</p>
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<div class="admonition-see-also last admonition seealso">
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<p class="first admonition-title">See also</p>
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<p class="last"><a class="reference external" href="http://stixfonts.org/">STIX project</a></p>
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<dt id="term-tex">TeX</dt>
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<dd><p class="first">A document markup language with robust math markup commands
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developed by Donald Knuth in the late 1970’s, but still in
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extensive use today. It became the industry standard for
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typesetting of mathematics, and is one of the most common
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formats for mathematical journals, articles, and books.</p>
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<p class="first admonition-title">See also</p>
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<p class="last"><a class="reference external" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TeX">TeX Wikipedia entry</a></p>
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