Event driven may refer to:
The term event-driven refers to a methodology that focuses on
event
Event may refer to:
Gatherings of people
* Ceremony, an event of ritual significance, performed on a special occasion
* Convention (meeting), a gathering of individuals engaged in some common interest
* Event management, the organization of eve ...
s and event dependencies.
Examples include
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Event-driven finite-state machine
In computation, a finite-state machine (FSM) is event driven if the transition from one state to another is triggered by an event or a message. This is in contrast to the parsing-theory origins of the term finite-state machine where the machine ...
, finite-state machine where the transition from one state to another is triggered by an event or a message
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Event-driven programming
In computer programming, event-driven programming is a programming paradigm in which the flow of the program is determined by events such as user actions ( mouse clicks, key presses), sensor outputs, or message passing from other programs or t ...
, a programming paradigm in which the flow of the program is determined by events, and is often characterised by a main loop, event handlers, and asynchronous programming
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Event-driven architecture Event-driven architecture (EDA) is a software architecture paradigm promoting the production, detection, consumption of, and reaction to events.
Overview
An ''event'' can be defined as "a significant change in state". For example, when a consumer p ...
, a software architecture pattern promoting the production, detection, consumption of, and reaction to events
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Event-driven investing
Event-driven investing or Event-driven trading is a hedge fund investment strategy that seeks to exploit pricing inefficiencies that may occur before or after a corporate event, such as an earnings call, bankruptcy, merger, acquisition, or spin ...
, a hedge fund investment strategy that seeks to exploit pricing inefficiencies that may occur before or after a corporate event
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Event-driven process chain
An event-driven process chain (EPC) is a type of flow chart for business process modeling. EPC can be used to configure enterprise resource planning execution, and for business process improvement. It can be used to control an autonomous workflow ...
s, a type of flowchart used for business process modelling
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Workflow
A workflow consists of an orchestrated and repeatable pattern of activity, enabled by the systematic organization of resources into processes that transform materials, provide services, or process information. It can be depicted as a sequence of ...
s, a sequence of connected steps
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