Definitions for "Event-driven"
Acting in response to events. Forward chaining is one kind of event-driven processing, where G2 invokes certain rules after detecting new knowledge.
Testing event-driven processes, such as unpredictable sequences of interrupts from input devices or sensors, or sequences of mouse clicks in a GUI environment. F - G
Investment strategy in hedge funds. Event-driven strategies profit from specific events (e.g. corporate takeovers, financial or operational restructuring programmes) either caused by the hedge fund managers themselves or to which the managers react after they have occurred.
A term for a programming methodology which is based on waiting for events, and processing each as it occurs.