custom event
[/ˈkʌstəm ɪˈvɛnt/]
nounpl: custom events
evento personalizado
1. A user-defined or application-specific event that is triggered by particular conditions or actions, commonly used in programming and software development
The developer created a custom event to track when users clicked the subscribe button.
O desenvolvedor criou um evento personalizado para rastrear quando os usuários clicavam no botão de inscrição.
2. In web development and frameworks, an event that is not part of the standard DOM events but is defined by the developer for specific functionality
We dispatched a custom event to notify other components of the data change.
Disparamos um evento personalizado para notificar outros componentes sobre a mudança de dados.
3. In event-driven architecture, a specific occurrence or trigger defined according to business logic rather than default system events
The analytics system logs custom events for each user interaction within the application.
O sistema de análise registra eventos personalizados para cada interação do usuário dentro da aplicação.
This term is predominantly used in technical and software development contexts in both English and Portuguese-speaking countries. In Brazil, the anglicism 'customizado' is widely accepted and used interchangeably with 'personalizado' in tech communities, particularly in São Paulo's startup and tech hub culture. In Portugal, 'personalizado' is the standard preference. The term reflects the global nature of software development where technical jargon often transcends language barriers.
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