Comment by TheOtherHobbes

There is a glossary in the CoreAudio docs, but it hasn't been updated since 2010. And it doesn't include an entry for WordClock.

You could argue that generally the docs are good enough to Get Shit Done. And people are Getting Shit Done on the platform as a whole. So there's no problem.

But it's a shame Apple doesn't consider better docs a priority. IMO it's not a good look for a trillion dollar company.

More, I don't know if insiders use the same doc base. If so it's definitely wasteful, because newcomers are going to be wasting time and effort trying to get up to speed.