• In computer graphics, fixed-function is a term primarily used to describe 3D graphics APIs and GPUs designed prior to the advent of programmable shaders...
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    study of three-dimensional computer graphics, it also encompasses two-dimensional graphics and image processing. Computer graphics studies manipulation of...
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    A graphics processing unit (GPU) is a specialized electronic circuit designed for digital image processing and to accelerate computer graphics, being present...
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  • Caustic Graphics was a computer graphics and fabless semiconductor company that developed technologies to bring real-time ray-traced computer graphics to the...
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    A cryptographic hash function (CHF) is a hash algorithm (a map of an arbitrary binary string to a binary string with a fixed size of n {\displaystyle...
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    A hash function is any function that can be used to map data of arbitrary size to fixed-size values, though there are some hash functions that support...
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    In 3D computer graphics, a lathed object is a 3D model whose vertex geometry is produced by rotating the points of a spline or other point set around...
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  • a glossary of terms relating to computer graphics. For more general computer hardware terms, see glossary of computer hardware terms. Contents 0–9 A B...
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    The Enhanced Graphics Adapter (EGA) is an IBM PC graphics adapter and de facto computer display standard from 1984 that superseded the CGA standard introduced...
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    2D computer graphics is the computer-based generation of digital images—mostly from two-dimensional models (such as 2D geometric models, text, and digital...
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  • processing unit (GPU), which typically handles computation only for computer graphics, to perform computation in applications traditionally handled by the...
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    IBM's first color graphics card for the IBM PC and established a de facto computer display standard. The original IBM CGA graphics card was built around...
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    This is a list of notable 8-bit computer color palettes, and graphics, which were primarily manufactured from 1975 to 1985. Although some of them use...
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    colloquially GPU) is a computer expansion card that generates a feed of graphics output to a display device such as a monitor. Graphics cards are sometimes...
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    Hairy ball theorem (category Fixed points (mathematics))
    in computer graphics is to generate a non-zero vector in ℝ3 that is orthogonal to a given non-zero vector. There is no single continuous function that...
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    OpenGL (redirect from Open graphics library)
    OpenGL (Open Graphics Library) is a cross-language, cross-platform application programming interface (API) for rendering 2D and 3D vector graphics. The API...
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    compositions of analytic functions L-system Fractal compression Zobrist, George Winston; Chaman Sabharwal (1992). Progress in Computer Graphics: Volume 1. Intellect...
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    full operation; or to a group of computers that are linked and function together, such as a computer network or computer cluster. A broad range of industrial...
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    Nvidia RTX (category 3D computer graphics)
    contribution for their rendering. RTX facilitates a new development in computer graphics of generating interactive images that react to lighting, shadows and...
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    In 3D computer graphics, ray tracing is a technique for modeling light transport for use in a wide variety of rendering algorithms for generating digital...
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    Bloom (sometimes referred to as light bloom or glow) is a computer graphics effect used in video games, demos, and high-dynamic-range rendering (HDRR)...
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    Line integral convolution (category Computer graphics)
    Integral Convolution". Proceedings of the 22nd Annual Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques. SIGGRAPH '95. Los Angeles, California...
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    of generating an image from a model by means of computer software. In the context of computer graphics rendering, software rendering refers to a rendering...
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    "computer-on-a-chip" was commercialized, the cost to manufacture a computer system dropped dramatically. The arithmetic, logic, and control functions that...
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  • a specific task from the CPU, often containing fixed-function hardware. A common example is a graphics processing unit. accumulator A register that holds...
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    Rasterisation (category Computer graphics)
    for display on a computer screen ("screen space") is often carried out by fixed function (non-programmable) hardware within the graphics pipeline. This...
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    called Mesa3D and The Mesa 3D Graphics Library, is an open source implementation of OpenGL, Vulkan, and other graphics API specifications. Mesa translates...
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    hardware devices such as pointing devices, graphics hardware, and positioning of the pointer. In personal computers, all these elements are modeled through...
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  • when the compute units (CUs) are underutilized due to graphics commands limited by fixed function pipeline speed or bandwidth. This functionality is known...
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  • of standard and HD televisions, which are sometimes used as computer monitors. Graphics display resolution List of common resolutions List of video connectors...
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